loading...| Preferred Name | Spasticity | |
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Increased involuntary muscle tone caused by central nervous system disorders that affect the regions interfering with voluntary movement. It results in gait, movement, and speech disturbances. Representative examples of disorders causing spasticity include brain or spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C79750 |
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A disorder characterized by increased involuntary muscle tone that affects the regions interfering with voluntary movement. It results in gait, movement, and speech disturbances. Excessive muscle contraction and reflex hyperexcitability caused by lesions involving the upper motor neurons of the corticospinal tract. |
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C79750 |
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MedDRA NICHD |
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| definition |
Increased involuntary muscle tone caused by central nervous system disorders that affect the regions interfering with voluntary movement. It results in gait, movement, and speech disturbances. Representative examples of disorders causing spasticity include brain or spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis. |
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Spasticity |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Spasticity |
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Spasticity |
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| Preferred_Name |
Spasticity |
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| prefixIRI |
NCIT:C79750 |
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Spasticity |
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| Semantic_Type |
Finding |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C2750633 |
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