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MeSH Heading: Alien Limb Phenomenon
Tree Number(s): C10.597.606.881.350.099; C23.888.592.604.882.350.099; F01.700.875.350.099
Unique ID: D055964
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055964
Scope Note: An apraxia characterized by the affected limb having involuntary, autonomous, and seemingly purposeful behaviors that are perceived as being controlled by an external force. Often the affected limb interferes with the actions of the normal limb. Symptoms develop from lesions in the CORPUS CALLOSUM or medial frontal cortex caused by stroke, infarction, and neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME, corticobasal degeneration).
Entry Term(s): Alien Hand Phenomenon; Alien Hand Syndrome; Alien Leg Syndrome; Alien Limb Syndrome; Anarchic Hand Syndrome; Phenomenon, Alien Hand; Phenomenon, Alien Limb; Syndrome, Alien Hand; Syndrome, Alien Leg; Syndrome, Alien Limb; Syndrome, Anarchic Hand
Previous Indexing: Apraxia, Ideomotor (2005-2009); Ataxia (1986-2009)
Public MeSH Note: 2023; see ALIEN HAND SYNDROME 2010-2022
History Note: 2023(2010)
Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Revision Date: 2023/06/01

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M000755140
Scope Note: An apraxia characterized by the affected limb having involuntary, autonomous, and seemingly purposeful behaviors that are perceived as being controlled by an external force. Often the affected limb interferes with the actions of the normal limb. Symptoms develop from lesions in the CORPUS CALLOSUM or medial frontal cortex caused by stroke, infarction, and neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME, corticobasal degeneration).
Terms: Alien Limb Phenomenon Preferred Term
Term UI T001118040
Date02/09/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Alien Limb Syndrome
Term UI T001118041
Date02/09/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Phenomenon, Alien Limb
Term UI T001119978
Date04/19/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Syndrome, Alien Limb
Term UI T001119979
Date04/19/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023)

Concept UI: M0523647
Terms: Alien Hand Syndrome Preferred Term
Term UI T723648
Date08/06/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010); Anarchic Hand Syndrome
Term UI T723649
Date08/06/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010); Alien Hand Phenomenon
Term UI T001118043
Date02/09/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Syndrome, Alien Hand
Term UI T001119975
Date04/19/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Phenomenon, Alien Hand
Term UI T001119976
Date04/19/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023); Syndrome, Anarchic Hand
Term UI T001119977
Date04/19/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023)

Alien Limb Phenomenon MeSH Descriptor Data 2024