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. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199 ]

Synonyms: Paralysis of all four limbs Quadriplegia

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database cross reference
  • UMLS:C0034372
  • SNOMEDCT_US:11538006
layperson term
Paralysis of all four limbs [ https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5208-3432 ]

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HP:0010552

id

HP:0002445

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