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Hierarchy:	Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Nervous System Diseases ∟ Neurologic Manifestations ∟ Neuromuscular Manifestations ∟ Spasm 9 coordinate concepts 2 subordinate concepts ∟ Hemifacial Spasm \| ∟ Trismus ∟ Fasciculation \| ∟ Muscle Cramp \| ∟ Muscle Hypertonia \| ∟ Muscle Hypotonia \| ∟ Muscle Weakness \| ∟ Muscular Atrophy \| ∟ Myokymia \| ∟ Myotonia \| ∟ Tetany Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms ∟ Signs and Symptoms ∟ Neurologic Manifestations ∟ Neuromuscular Manifestations ∟ Spasm 9 coordinate concepts 2 subordinate concepts ∟ Hemifacial Spasm \| ∟ Trismus ∟ Fasciculation \| ∟ Muscle Cramp \| ∟ Muscle Hypertonia \| ∟ Muscle Hypotonia \| ∟ Muscle Weakness \| ∟ Muscular Atrophy \| ∟ Myokymia \| ∟ Myotonia \| ∟ Tetany X
Broader terms:	Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Nervous System Diseases ∟ Neurologic Manifestations ∟ Neuromuscular Manifestations ∟ Spasm Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms ∟ Signs and Symptoms ∟ Neurologic Manifestations ∟ Neuromuscular Manifestations ∟ Spasm Neuromuscular Manifestations > Neurologic Manifestations > Nervous System Diseases > Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Neuromuscular Manifestations > Neurologic Manifestations > Signs and Symptoms > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) X
Narrower terms:	Hemifacial Spasm \| Trismus X
Annotation:	GEN or unspecified only; coord IM with specific organ/dis (IM); spasms in infants: index SPASMS, INFANTILE if an epileptic seizure (see MeSH definition) or SPASM + INFANT if non-epileptic such as in tetany or vitamin defic; "facial spasm" = SPASM (IM) + FACIAL MUSCLES (IM) but "hemifacial spasm" = HEMIFACIAL SPASM; also available are BRONCHIAL SPASM & ESOPHAGEAL SPASM, DIFFUSE X
Scope note:	An involuntary contraction of a muscle or group of muscles. Spasms may involve skeletal muscle (MUSCLE, SKELETAL) or smooth muscle (MUSCLE, SMOOTH). X
activeMeSHYear*:	2002 \| 2003 \| 2004 \| 2005 \| 2006 \| 2007X
dateCreated*:	1999-01-01X
dateRevised*:	2001-07-25X
recordAuthorizer*:	sjnX
recordMaintainer*:	nnsX
recordOriginator*:	NLMX
Related term:	Muscle Cramp \| Muscle Spasticity X
Type:	Concept X
Coordinate terms:	Fasciculation \| Muscle Cramp \| Muscle Hypertonia \| Muscle Hypotonia \| Muscle Weakness \| Muscular Atrophy \| Myokymia \| Myotonia \| Tetany X
URI:	X
Labels and equivalent concepts:	Spasmi (fi) Spasmit (fi, replaced) Kramp (sv) Spasm (sv, replaced) Muscular Spasm (en, replaced) Muscle Spasm (en, replaced) Spasmus (la-FI, replaced) X
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