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Descriptor English: Hyperbilirubinemia
Descriptor Spanish: Hiperbilirrubinemia
Descriptor hiperbilirrubinemia
Entry term(s) bilirrubiinemia
Scope note: Proceso patológico que consiste en el incremento anormal de la tasa de BILIRRUBINA en sangre circulante, que puede producir ICTERICIA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hiperbilirrubinemia
Descriptor French: Hyperbilirubinémie
Entry term(s): Bilirubinemia
Bilirubinemias
Hyperbilirubinemias
Tree number(s): C23.550.429
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006932
Scope note: A condition characterized by an abnormal increase of BILIRUBIN in the blood, which may result in JAUNDICE. Bilirubin, a breakdown product of HEME, is normally excreted in the BILE or further catabolized before excretion in the urine.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Entry Combination: congenital:Hyperbilirubinemia, Hereditary
DeCS ID: 7112
Unique ID: D006932
NLM Classification: WI 703
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2006/07/05
Hyperbilirubinemia - Preferred
Concept UI M0010811
Scope note A condition characterized by an abnormal increase of BILIRUBIN in the blood, which may result in JAUNDICE. Bilirubin, a breakdown product of HEME, is normally excreted in the BILE or further catabolized before excretion in the urine.
Preferred term Hyperbilirubinemia
Entry term(s) Bilirubinemia
Bilirubinemias
Hyperbilirubinemias



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