Terms & Properties

Preferred Name:  Peripheral Neuropathy

Definition:  A disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system. It manifests with pain, tingling, numbness, and muscle weakness. It may be the result of physical injury, toxic substances, viral diseases, diabetes, renal failure, cancer, and drugs.

NICHD Definition:  A disorder affecting one or more peripheral nerves. It is manifested with pain, tingling, numbness, and/ or muscle weakness. Causes may include physical injury, toxic substances, viral infection and systemic illness.

NCI-GLOSS Definition:  A nerve problem that causes pain, numbness, tingling, swelling, or muscle weakness in different parts of the body. It usually begins in the hands or feet and gets worse over time. Neuropathy may be caused by physical injury, infection, toxic substances, disease (such as cancer, diabetes, kidney failure, or malnutrition), or drugs, including anticancer drugs.

Label:  Peripheral Neuropathy

NCI Thesaurus Code:  C119734 (Search for linked caDSR metadata)   (search value sets)

NCI Metathesaurus Link:  C3277001  (see NCI Metathesaurus info)

Synonyms & Abbreviations: (see Synonym Details)

Peripheral Nerve Disorder

Peripheral Neuropathy

External Source Codes: 

UMLS CUI

C3277001

Other Properties:

Name	Value (qualifiers indented underneath)
code	C119734
Contributing_Source	GDC
Contributing_Source	NICHD
Maps_To	Peripheral Neuropathy
	Target_Terminology: GDC       Relationship_to_Target: Has Synonym       Target_Term_Type: PT       Target_Code: comorbidities
Semantic_Type	Disease or Syndrome

Additional Concept Data: 

Defined Fully by Roles: No

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