Diseases

Ophthalmoplegia

Paralysis of one or more of the ocular muscles due to disorders of the eye muscles, neuromuscular junction, supporting soft tissue, tendons, or innervation to the muscles.

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Abstract

Paralysis of one or more of the ocular muscles due to disorders of the eye muscles, neuromuscular junction, supporting soft tissue, tendons, or innervation to the muscles.

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Synonyms

13 entry terms
  • Oculomotor Paralysis
  • Ophthalmoplegias
  • Paralysis, Oculomotor
  • External Ophthalmoplegia
  • Internal Ophthalmoplegia
  • Ophthalmoparesis
  • External Ophthalmoplegias
  • Internal Ophthalmoplegias
  • Ophthalmopareses
  • Ophthalmoplegia, External
  • Ophthalmoplegia, Internal
  • Ophthalmoplegias, External
  • Ophthalmoplegias, Internal

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse entry term OCULOMOTOR PARALYSIS with OCULOMOTOR NERVE PARALYSIS

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History Note

1979; was OCULOMOTOR PARALYSIS 1963-1978

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ophthalmoplegia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009886. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009886
  2. Ophthalmoplegia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophthalmoparesis
  3. Ophthalmoplegia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1723331