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Descriptor English:   Muscle Weakness 
Descriptor Spanish:   Debilidad Muscular 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Debilidade Muscular 
Tree Number:   C05.651.515
C10.597.613.593
C23.550.695
C23.888.592.608.593
Definition English:   A vague complaint of debility, fatigue, or exhaustion attributable to weakness of various muscles. The weakness can be characterized as subacute or chronic, often progressive, and is a manifestation of many muscle and neuromuscular diseases. (From Wyngaarden et al., Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p2251) 
Indexing Annotation English:   GEN or unspecified as a clin state or clin manifest: specific musc or neuromusc dis of which this is a manifest are also available; do not confuse "myasthenia" (my-, muscle + asthenia, weakness) in foreign titles with "muscle weakness": it is more likely to refer to MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; do not confuse with MUSCLE HYPOTONIA or MUSCLE FATIGUE
See Related English:   Asthenia
 
History Note English:   96 
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Record Number:   32676 
Unique Identifier:   D018908 

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