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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Muscle Weakness
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Muscular Diseases > Muscle Weakness
Nervous System Diseases > Neuromuscular Diseases > Muscular Diseases > Muscle Weakness
Nervous System Diseases > Neurologic Manifestations > Neuromuscular Manifestations > Muscle Weakness
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Neurologic Manifestations > Neuromuscular Manifestations > Muscle Weakness

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Muscle Weakness  

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  • Muscular Weakness
  • Muscular Weaknesses
  • Weaknesses, Muscular
  • Weakness, Muscular

Note

  • general or unspecified as a clinical state or clinical manifestation; specific muscular or neuromuscular diseases of which this is a manifestation are also available; do not confuse "myasthenia" (my-, muscle and asthenia, weakness) in foreign titles with "muscle weakness": it is more likely to refer to MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; do not confuse with MUSCLE HYPOTONIA or MUSCLE FATIGUE

Scope note

  • A vague complaint of debility, fatigue, or exhaustion attributable to weakness of various muscles. The weakness can be characterized as subacute or chronic, often progressive, and is a manifestation of many muscle and neuromuscular diseases. (From Wyngaarden et al., Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p2251)

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