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Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D015840
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Oculomotor Nerve Diseases

Definitions
Diseases of the oculomotor nerve or nucleus that result in weakness or paralysis of the superior rectus, inferior rectus, medial rectus, inferior oblique, or levator palpebrae muscles, or impaired parasympathetic innervation to the pupil. With a complete oculomotor palsy, the eyelid will be paralyzed, the eye will be in an abducted and inferior position, and the pupil will be markedly dilated. Commonly associated conditions include neoplasms, CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA, ischemia (especially in association with DIABETES MELLITUS), and aneurysmal compression. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p270)
Synonyms
Third-Nerve Palsy, Partial
Third-Nerve Paralyses
Nerve Disorder, Oculomotor
Palsy, Partial Third-Nerve
Total Third Nerve Palsy
Cranial Nerve III Diseases
Oculomotor Nerve Palsies
Oculomotor Nerve Palsy
Total Third-Nerve Palsy
Third Nerve Palsy
Oculomotor Neuropathy
Neuropathy, Oculomotor
Oculomotor Nerve Paralyses
Nerve Disease, Oculomotor
Third-Nerve Palsies
Nerve Palsy, Oculomotor
Oculomotor Nerve Paralysis
Partial Third-Nerve Palsy
Third-Nerve Paralysis
Palsy, Total Third-Nerve
Paralysis, Third-Nerve
Third-Nerve Palsies, Partial
Oculomotor Nerve Disorder
Oculomotor Nerve Disease
Palsy, Third-Nerve
Paralysis, Oculomotor Nerve
Nerve Paralysis, Oculomotor
Third-Nerve Palsy
Oculomotor Neuropathies
Third-Nerve Palsy, Total
Third Nerve Paralysis
Palsy, Oculomotor Nerve
Total Third-Nerve Palsies
Oculomotor Nerve Disorders
Third Cranial Nerve Diseases
Partial Third Nerve Palsy
Partial Third-Nerve Palsies
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