Preferred Label : Peripheral Neuropathy;
NCIt related terms : Peripheral Nerve Disorder;
NCIt definition : A disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system. It manifests with pain, tingling,
numbness, and muscle weakness. It may be the result of physical injury, toxic substances,
viral diseases, diabetes, renal failure, cancer, and drugs.;
Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A nerve problem that causes pain, numbness, tingling, swelling, or muscle
weakness in different parts of the body. It usually begins in the hands or feet and
gets worse over time. Neuropathy may be caused by physical injury, infection, toxic
substances, disease (such as cancer, diabetes, kidney failure, or malnutrition), or
drugs, including anticancer drugs.; NICHD: A disorder affecting one or more peripheral nerves. It is manifested with pain,
tingling, numbness, and/ or muscle weakness. Causes may include physical injury, toxic
substances, viral infection and systemic illness.;
Codes from synonyms : CDR0000044705;
Origin ID : C119734;
UMLS CUI : C0031117;
- Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- DO Cross reference
- Has associated anatomic sites
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Validated automatic mappings to NTBT
- concept_is_in_subset
- disease_has_primary_anatomic_site