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Nystagmus, Physiologic MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Nystagmus, Physiologic
Tree Number(s)
G14.350.378
Unique ID
D009760
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009760
Annotation
note category: NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC and NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL are available for the disease
Scope Note
Involuntary rhythmical movements of the eyes in the normal person. These can be naturally occurring as in end-position (end-point, end-stage, or deviational) nystagmus or induced by the optokinetic drum (NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC), caloric test, or a rotating chair.
Entry Version
NYSTAGMUS PHYSIOL
Entry Term(s)
Nystagmus, Barany
Nystagmus, Barany's
Nystagmus, Caloric
Nystagmus, End-Position
Nystagmus, Physiological
Nystagmus, Positional
Nystagmus, Post-Rotatory
Nystagmus, Thermal
Physiologic Nystagmus
Previous Indexing
Eye Movements (1966-1982)
See Also
Electronystagmography
Nystagmus, Pathologic
Public MeSH Note
83; NYSTAGMUS, BARANY was NYSTAGMUS, BARANY'S 1993-97
History Note
83; NYSTAGMUS, BARANY was NYSTAGMUS, BARANY'S 1993-97
Date Established
1983/01/01
Date of Entry
1982/04/28
Revision Date
2016/06/23
Nystagmus, Physiologic Preferred
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