Severe or complete loss of facial muscle motor function. This condition may result from central or peripheral lesions. Damage to CNS motor pathways from the cerebral cortex to the facial nuclei in the pons leads to facial weakness that generally spares the forehead muscles. facial nerve diseases generally results in generalized hemifacial weakness. neuromuscular junction diseases and muscular diseases may also cause facial paralysis or paresis. [ MESH:D005158 ]

Synonyms: facial palsy face palsy palsy of face

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Term information

database cross reference
  • SCTID:280816001 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • MEDGEN:5101 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • DOID:13934 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • UMLS:C0015469 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • MESH:D005158 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
Subsets

otar

exactMatch

http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0015469

http://identifiers.org/mesh/D005158

http://identifiers.org/snomedct/280816001

http://identifiers.org/medgen/5101

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_13934

id

MONDO:0001835