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MeSH Heading: Abducens Nerve Diseases
Tree Number(s): C10.292.150
Unique ID: D020434
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020434
Scope Note: Diseases of the sixth cranial (abducens) nerve or its nucleus in the pons. The nerve may be injured along its course in the pons, intracranially as it travels along the base of the brain, in the cavernous sinus, or at the level of superior orbital fissure or orbit. Dysfunction of the nerve causes lateral rectus muscle weakness, resulting in horizontal diplopia that is maximal when the affected eye is abducted and ESOTROPIA. Common conditions associated with nerve injury include INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ISCHEMIA; and INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS.
Entry Version: ABDUCENS NERVE DIS
Entry Term(s): 6th Nerve Palsy; Abducens Nerve Palsy; Abducens Palsy; Abducens Palsy, Childhood, Benign Recurrent; Benign Recurrent Abducens Palsy of Childhood; Benign Recurrent Abducens Palsy, Children; Cranial Nerve VI Diseases; Cranial Nerve VI Palsy; Lateral Rectus Palsy; Sixth Cranial Nerve Diseases; Sixth Cranial Nerve Disorders; Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy; Sixth Nerve Palsy; VI Nerve Palsy; VIth Cranial Nerve Diseases
Previous Indexing: Abducens Nerve (1968-1980); Cranial Nerve Diseases (1981-1999); Peripheral Nervous System Diseases (1968-1980)
Public MeSH Note: 2000
History Note: 2000
Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/03
Revision Date: 2018/05/21

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0328086
Scope Note: Diseases of the sixth cranial (abducens) nerve or its nucleus in the pons. The nerve may be injured along its course in the pons, intracranially as it travels along the base of the brain, in the cavernous sinus, or at the level of superior orbital fissure or orbit. Dysfunction of the nerve causes lateral rectus muscle weakness, resulting in horizontal diplopia that is maximal when the affected eye is abducted and ESOTROPIA. Common conditions associated with nerve injury include INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ISCHEMIA; and INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS.
Terms: Abducens Nerve Diseases Preferred Term
Term UI T358086
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Cranial Nerve VI Diseases
Term UI T369935
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Sixth Cranial Nerve Disorders
Term UI T369940
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Sixth Cranial Nerve Diseases
Term UI T369942
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); VIth Cranial Nerve Diseases
Term UI T369945
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

Concept UI: M000641878
Terms: Abducens Nerve Palsy Preferred Term
Term UI T369941
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy
Term UI T369943
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Sixth Nerve Palsy
Term UI T369944
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; VI Nerve Palsy
Term UI T751181
Date05/14/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; 6th Nerve Palsy
Term UI T751182
Date05/14/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Cranial Nerve VI Palsy
Term UI T753176
Date06/22/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Lateral Rectus Palsy
Term UI T369939
Date10/12/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Abducens Palsy
Term UI T805351
Date11/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OMIM (2013)

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