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Tetraplegia

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Paralysis of all four limbs, and trunk of the body below the level of an associated injury to the spinal cord. The etiology of quadriplegia is similar to that of paraplegia except that the lesion is in the cervical spinal cord rather than in the thoracic or lumbar segments of the spinal cord. [ HPO:probinson ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • UMLS:C0034372
  • MSH:D011782
  • SNOMEDCT_US:11538006
definition

Paralysis of all four limbs, and trunk of the body below the level of an associated injury to the spinal cord. The etiology of quadriplegia is similar to that of paraplegia except that the lesion is in the cervical spinal cord rather than in the thoracic or lumbar segments of the spinal cord.

has alternative id

HP:0010552

has exact synonym

Paralysis of all four limbs, Quadriplegia

id

HP:0002445

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