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Preferred term

Pseudobulbar Palsy  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bulbar Palsies, Spastic
  • Bulbar Palsy, Spastic
  • Palsies, Spastic Bulbar
  • Palsy, Spastic Bulbar
  • Paralyses, Pseudobulbar
  • Paralysis, Pseudobulbar
  • Pareses, Pseudobulbar
  • Paresis, Pseudobulbar
  • Pseudobulbar Paralyses
  • Pseudobulbar Paralysis
  • Pseudobulbar Pareses
  • Pseudobulbar Paresis
  • Pseudobulbar Syndrome
  • Pseudobulbar Syndromes
  • Spastic Bulbar Palsies
  • Spastic Bulbar Palsy
  • Syndrome, Pseudobulbar
  • Syndromes, Pseudobulbar

Scope note

  • A syndrome characterized by DYSARTHRIA, dysphagia, dysphonia, impairment of voluntary movements of tongue and facial muscles, and emotional lability. This condition is caused by diseases that affect the motor fibers that travel from the cerebral cortex to the lower BRAIN STEM (i.e., corticobulbar tracts); including MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; and CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p489)

History note

  • 2000; for PSEUDOBULBAR PARALYSIS and PARALYSIS, PSEUDOBULBAR use PARALYSIS 1985-1999

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • paralysis pseudobulbaris
  • pseudobulbaarinen dysartria
  • pseudobulbaarinen paralyysi
  • pseudobulbaarinen pareesi
  • pseudobulbaaripareesi
  • spastinen pseudobulbaarinen dysartria
  • spastinen pseudobulbaarinen paralyysi
  • spastinen pseudobulbaarinen pareesi
  • spastinen pseudobulbaariparalyysi
  • spastinen pseudobulbaaripareesi
  • Swedish

  • Pseudobulbär dysartri
  • Spastisk bulbär pares

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020828

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