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Id	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D019569 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D019569
Preferred Name	Hemifacial Spasm
Definitions	Recurrent clonic contraction of facial muscles, restricted to one side. It may occur as a manifestation of compressive lesions involving the seventh cranial nerve (FACIAL NERVE DISEASES), during recovery from BELL PALSY, or in association with other disorders. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1378)
Synonyms	Unilateral Facial Spasms Hemifacial Spasms Spasms, Hemifacial Hemifacial Myokymia Spasms, Unilateral Facial Spasm, Unilateral Facial Spasm, Hemifacial Facial Spasm, Unilateral Myokymia, Hemifacial Facial Spasms, Unilateral Unilateral Facial Spasm See more See less
Type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

definition	Recurrent clonic contraction of facial muscles, restricted to one side. It may occur as a manifestation of compressive lesions involving the seventh cranial nerve (FACIAL NERVE DISEASES), during recovery from BELL PALSY, or in association with other disorders. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1378)
altLabel	Unilateral Facial Spasms Hemifacial Spasms Spasms, Hemifacial Hemifacial Myokymia Spasms, Unilateral Facial Spasm, Unilateral Facial Spasm, Hemifacial Facial Spasm, Unilateral Myokymia, Hemifacial Facial Spasms, Unilateral Unilateral Facial Spasm See more See less
prefLabel	Hemifacial Spasm
Machine permutation	1998
HN	1998
Mapped from	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C564198
type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
tui	T047 T033
TERMUI	T371023 T371024 T058247 T058248
TH	NLM (2000) NLM (1998)
MMR	19991213
notation	D019569
Semantic type UMLS property	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/STY/T047 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/STY/T033
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	19980101
cui	C0751726 C0278152
DC	1
MN	C23.888.592.608.750.400 C07.465.364 C10.597.613.750.400
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/D013035

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