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Id	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008556 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008556
Preferred Name	Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome
Definitions	An idiopathic syndrome characterized by one or more of the following; recurrent orofacial swelling, relapsing facial paralysis, and fissured tongue (lingua plicata). The onset is usually in childhood and relapses are common. Cheilitis granulomatosa is a monosymptomatic variant of this condition. (Dermatol Clin 1996 Apr;14(2):371-9; Magalini & Magalini, Dictionary of Medical Syndromes, 4th ed, p531)
Synonyms	Miescher Melkersson Rosenthal Granulomatous Cheilitis Melkersson Rosenthal Miescher Syndrome Melkersson Rosenthal Syndrome Orofacial Edema, Facial Neuropathy, Cheilitis Granulomatosa Facial Neuropathy, Cheilitis Granulomatosa, Orofacial Edema Cheilitis, Miescher-Melkersson-Rosenthal Granulomatous Rosenthal-Melkersson Syndrome Rosenthal Melkersson Syndrome Cheilitis Granulomatosa Syndrome, Melkerson Rosenthal Cheilitis Granulomatosa, Orofacial Edema, Facial Neuropathy Macrocheilia, Facial Palsy, Edema Orofacial Edema, Cheilitis Granulomatosa, Facial Neuropathy Rosenthal Melkerson Syndrome Miescher-Melkersson-Rosenthal Granulomatous Cheilitis Melkersson Syndrome Cheilitis Granulomatosa, Facial Neuropathy, Orofacial Edema Granulomatous Cheilitis Granulomatous Cheilitis, Miescher-Melkersson-Rosenthal Melkersson-Rosenthal-Miescher Syndrome Melkerson Rosenthal Syndrome Rosenthal-Melkerson Syndrome Facial Neuropathy, Orofacial Edema, Cheilitis Granulomatosa Melkerson-Rosenthal Syndrome See more See less
Type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

definition	An idiopathic syndrome characterized by one or more of the following; recurrent orofacial swelling, relapsing facial paralysis, and fissured tongue (lingua plicata). The onset is usually in childhood and relapses are common. Cheilitis granulomatosa is a monosymptomatic variant of this condition. (Dermatol Clin 1996 Apr;14(2):371-9; Magalini & Magalini, Dictionary of Medical Syndromes, 4th ed, p531)
altLabel	Miescher Melkersson Rosenthal Granulomatous Cheilitis Melkersson Rosenthal Miescher Syndrome Melkersson Rosenthal Syndrome Orofacial Edema, Facial Neuropathy, Cheilitis Granulomatosa Facial Neuropathy, Cheilitis Granulomatosa, Orofacial Edema Cheilitis, Miescher-Melkersson-Rosenthal Granulomatous Rosenthal-Melkersson Syndrome Rosenthal Melkersson Syndrome Cheilitis Granulomatosa Syndrome, Melkerson Rosenthal Cheilitis Granulomatosa, Orofacial Edema, Facial Neuropathy Macrocheilia, Facial Palsy, Edema Orofacial Edema, Cheilitis Granulomatosa, Facial Neuropathy Rosenthal Melkerson Syndrome Miescher-Melkersson-Rosenthal Granulomatous Cheilitis Melkersson Syndrome Cheilitis Granulomatosa, Facial Neuropathy, Orofacial Edema Granulomatous Cheilitis Granulomatous Cheilitis, Miescher-Melkersson-Rosenthal Melkersson-Rosenthal-Miescher Syndrome Melkerson Rosenthal Syndrome Rosenthal-Melkerson Syndrome Facial Neuropathy, Orofacial Edema, Cheilitis Granulomatosa Melkerson-Rosenthal Syndrome See more See less
prefLabel	Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome
Machine permutation	64
HN	64(63)
type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
tui	T047
TERMUI	T025459 T025453 T370490 T370489 T025457 T025458 T025454 T370488 T370485 T370491 T372216 T372215 T370487 T025455 T370484 T025456 T370486 See more See less
TH	OMIM (2013) NLM (2000) NLM (1991) NLM (1963) UNK (19XX) ORD (2010) See more See less
MMR	20150623
notation	D008556
Inverse of RO	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D014063
Semantic type UMLS property	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/STY/T047
Inverse of AQ	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000097 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000178 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000175 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000628 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000276 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000134 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000139 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000266 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000378 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000517 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000662 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000469 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000151 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000150 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000821 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000191 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000196 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000473 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000145 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000382 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000451 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000453 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000534 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000532 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000503 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000188 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000235 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000201 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000209 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000208 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000601 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000000981 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000652 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000523 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000401 See more See less
DX	19640101
cui	C0025235 C0600268
DC	1
MN	C07.465.299.800 C10.292.319.800 C07.465.466
AQL	BL CF CI CL CN CO DG DH DI DT EC EH EM EN EP ET GE HI IM ME MI MO NU PA PC PP PS PX RH RT SU TH UR VE VI
MDA	19990101
subClassOf	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009059 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D005155

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