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Parent Node: Basal Ganglia Diseases (D001480) Parent Node: Dystonic Disorders (D020821) ..Starting node .. Meige Syndrome (D008538) Child Nodes:
Sister Nodes: ..Dystonia 12 (C538001) ..Dystonia 16 (C567430) ..Dystonia 17, Torsion, Autosomal Recessive (C567319) ..Dystonia 18 (C564288) 1 ..Dystonia 3, Torsion, X-Linked (C564048) ..Dystonia Musculorum Deformans (D004422) 7 ..Dystonia with Ringbinden (C565608) ..Dystonia, Dopa-responsive (C538007) ..Dystonia, Focal, Task-Specific (C566973) ..Dystonia-Parkinsonism, Adult-Onset (C567844) ..Epilepsy, rolandic with paroxysmal exercise-induced dystonia and writer's cramp (C535499) ..Juvenile-onset dystonia (C537704) ..Meige Syndrome (D008538) ..Musician's Dystonia (C567627) ..Myoclonic dystonia (C536096) ..Parkinsonism-Dystonia, Infantile (C567730) ..Segawa syndrome, autosomal recessive (C537537) ..Torticollis (D014103) 5 Human Disease MESH is developed by UMLS . Further data from MedGen , OMIM , CTD
Term ID: 6908
Name: Meige Syndrome
Definition: A syndrome characterized by orofacial DYSTONIA; including BLEPHAROSPASM; forceful jaw opening; lip retraction; platysma muscle spasm; and tongue protrusion. It primarily affects older adults, with an incidence peak in the seventh decade of life. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p108)
Alternative IDs:
ParentIDs: MESH:D001480|MESH:D020821
TreeNumbers: C10.228.140.079.590 |C10.228.662.300.500
Synonyms: Blepharospasm Oromandibular Dyskinesia |Blepharospasm-Oromandibular Dyskinesia |Blepharospasm-Oromandibular Dyskinesias |Blepharospasm Oromandibular Dystonia |Blepharospasm-Oromandibular Dystonia |Blepharospasm-Oromandibular Dystonias |Blepharospasm Oromandibu
Slim Mappings: Nervous system disease
Reference:
MedGen: D008538
MeSH: D008538
OMIM: Genes: Phenotypes Disease Causing ClinVar Variants