Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery
"Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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NECROSIS occurring in the MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY distribution system which brings blood to the entire lateral aspects of each CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE. Clinical signs include impaired cognition; APHASIA; AGRAPHIA; weak and numbness in the face and arms, contralaterally or bilaterally depending on the infarction.
| Descriptor ID |
D020244
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.300.150.477.200.450 C10.228.140.300.510.200.387 C10.228.140.300.775.200.200.450 C14.907.253.092.477.200.450 C14.907.253.560.200.387 C14.907.253.855.200.200.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery- Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery
- Middle Cerebral Artery Circulation Infarction
- Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction
- Cerebral Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery
- Stroke, Middle Cerebral Artery
- MCA Infarction
- Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke
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