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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Neurologic Manifestations > Sensation Disorders > Somatosensory Disorders
Nervous System Diseases > Neurologic Manifestations > Sensation Disorders > Somatosensory Disorders

Preferred term

Somatosensory Disorders  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Sensation Disorder, Somatic
  • Sensation Disorders, Somatic
  • Somatic Sensation Disorder
  • Somatic Sensation Disorders

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics

Scope note

  • Disorders of sensory information received from superficial and deep regions of the body. The somatosensory system conveys neural impulses which pertain to proprioception, tactile sensation, thermal sensation, pressure sensation, and pain. PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; and BRAIN DISEASES may be associated with impaired or abnormal somatic sensation.

History note

  • 2000

In other languages

  • tuntohäiriöt

    Finnish

  • ihotunnon häiriöt
  • muu tai määrittämätön ihotunnon häiriö
  • perturbationes sensus cutanei
  • perturbationes sensus cutanei aliae sive non specificatae
  • somatosensorinen häiriö
  • somatosensoriset häiriöt
  • tuntohäiriö
  • Somatosensoriska störningar

    Swedish

  • Proprioceptiva störningar

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020886

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