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Preferred term

Basal Ganglia Diseases  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Basal Ganglia Disorder
  • Basal Ganglia Disorders

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with specific site

Scope note

  • Diseases of the BASAL GANGLIA including the PUTAMEN; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; claustrum; AMYGDALA; and CAUDATE NUCLEUS. DYSKINESIAS (most notably involuntary movements and alterations of the rate of movement) represent the primary clinical manifestations of these disorders. Common etiologies include CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; and CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA.

History note

  • 79; was EXTRAPYRAMIDAL DISORDERS 1972-78 (Prov 1972-73)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001480

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