Concept information
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Vascular Diseases
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Intracranial Arterial Diseases
Cerebral Arterial Diseases
Preferred term
Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Cerebral Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery
- Infarct, MCA
- Infarcts, MCA
- MCA Infarct
- MCA Infarction
- MCA Infarcts
- Middle Cerebral Artery Circulation Infarction
- Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction
- Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke
- Stroke, Middle Cerebral Artery
Scope note
- NECROSIS occurring in the MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY distribution system which brings blood to the entire lateral aspects of each CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE. Clinical signs include impaired cognition; APHASIA; AGRAPHIA; weak and numbness in the face and arms, contralaterally or bilaterally depending on the infarction.
History note
- 2000
In other languages
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Finnish
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a. cerebri median alueen infarkti
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arteria cerebri median alueen infarkti
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020244
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