Myasthenia Gravis

Preferred Label : Myasthenia Gravis;

NCIt definition : A chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized by skeletal muscle weakness. It is caused by the blockage of the acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A disease in which antibodies made by a person's immune system prevent certain nerve-muscle interactions. It causes weakness in the arms and legs, vision problems, and drooping eyelids or head. It may also cause paralysis and problems with swallowing, talking, climbing stairs, lifting things, and getting up from a sitting position. The muscle weakness gets worse during activity, and improves after periods of rest.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000455350;

Details

Origin ID

C60989;

UMLS CUI

C0026896;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Myasthenia [MedDRA LLT]
- Myasthenia [HPO term]
- Myasthenia [HRDO Sign]
- Myasthenia gravis [PASCAL descriptor]
- Myasthenia gravis [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- Myasthenia gravis [ICD-11 Category]
- Myasthenia gravis [ICD-9 code]
- Myasthenia gravis [ICD-10 Sub-category (who)]
- Myasthenia gravis [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Myasthenia gravis [OMIM Phenotype]
- Myasthenia gravis [ORDO Disease]
- Myasthenia gravis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- myasthenia gravis [DO Concept]
- myasthenia gravis [Disease (Nov.)]
- myasthenia gravis [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
- myasthenia gravis [MedlinePlus Topic]
- myasthenia gravis [MeSH Descriptor]
- myasthenia gravis [MeSH concept]
- myasthenia gravis, nos [SNOMED Notion]
DO Cross reference
- myasthenia gravis [DO Concept]
Excludes anatomical site(s)
- Bone [NCIt concept]
Has associated anatomic sites
- Connective and Soft Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Musculoskeletal System [NCIt concept]
- Nervous System [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Myasthenia gravis [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Myasthenia gravis [ICD-9 code]
- Myasthenia gravis [ORDO Disease]
- Myasthenia gravis [OMIM Phenotype]
- Myasthenia gravis [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- Myasthenia gravis [ICD-10 Sub-category (who)]
- Myasthenia gravis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Myasthenia gravis paralytica [MedDRA LLT]
- myasthenia gravis [DO Concept]
- myasthenia gravis [Disease (Nov.)]
- myasthenia gravis [MedlinePlus Topic]
- myasthenia gravis [MeSH Descriptor]
- myasthenia gravis [MeSH concept]
- myasthenia gravis, nos [SNOMED Notion]
concept_is_in_subset
- Cellosaurus Disease Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Cellosaurus Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- GDC Value Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NICHD Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Neonatal Research Network Terminology [NCIt concept]
disease_has_normal_tissue_origin
- Connective and Soft Tissue [NCIt concept]
- Soft Tissue [NCIt concept]
disease_has_primary_anatomic_site
- Peripheral Nerve [NCIt concept]
may_be_associated_disease_of_disease
- Atypical Type A Thymoma [NCIt concept]
- Combined Thymus Epithelial Neoplasm [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Type A Thymoma [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Type AB Thymoma [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Type B1 Thymoma [NCIt concept]
- Malignant Type B2 Thymoma [NCIt concept]
- Microscopic Thymoma [NCIt concept]
- Recurrent Combined Thymus Epithelial Neoplasm [NCIt concept]
- Thymoma Type A [NCIt concept]
- Thymoma Type AB [NCIt concept]
- Thymoma Type B1 [NCIt concept]
- Thymoma Type B2 [NCIt concept]
- Thymoma Type B3 [NCIt concept]

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