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FACIES FIGE [2 records]

Record 1 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • Symptoms (Medicine)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Aspect du visage dans la lèpre nerveuse tuberculoïde qui se caractérise par une paralysie faciale bilatérale avec lagophtalmie.

Key term(s)
  • faciès figé

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A stolid masklike expression of the face, with infrequent blinking; it is characteristic of Parkinson's.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
CONT

La maladie de Parkinson. Affection due à des lésions dégénératives touchant le système extrapyramidal et caractérisée par un tremblement de repos, une hypertonie musculaire plastique, un faciès figé et une marche à petits pas lents.

Key term(s)
  • faciès rigide
  • faciès parkinsonien

Spanish

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