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Descriptor English: Choline Deficiency
Descriptor Spanish: Deficiencia de Colina
Descriptor deficiencia de colina
Scope note: Cuadro producido por un déficit de COLINA en animales. Se sabe que la colina es un agente lipotrópico ya que se ha demostrado que, bajo ciertas condiciones, en animales de laboratorio estimula el transporte del exceso de grasa desde el hígado. El déficit combinado de colina (incluida en el complejo vitamínico B) y de los demás donantes de grupos metilo produce cirrosis hepática en algunos animales. A diferencia de los compuestos que normalmente se consideran como vitaminas, la colina no funciona como cofactor en las reacciones enzimáticas. (Saunders Dictionary & Encyclopedia of Laboratory Medicine and Technology, 1984)
Descriptor Portuguese: Deficiência de Colina
Descriptor French: Carence en choline
Entry term(s): Choline Deficiencies
Deficiencies, Choline
Deficiency, Choline
Tree number(s): C18.654.521.500.133.699.160
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002796
Scope note: A condition produced by a deficiency of CHOLINE in animals. Choline is known as a lipotropic agent because it has been shown to promote the transport of excess fat from the liver under certain conditions in laboratory animals. Combined deficiency of choline (included in the B vitamin complex) and all other methyl group donors causes liver cirrhosis in some animals. Unlike compounds normally considered as vitamins, choline does not serve as a cofactor in enzymatic reactions. (From Saunders Dictionary & Encyclopedia of Laboratory Medicine and Technology, 1984)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
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
Public MeSH Note: 67
History Note: 67(64)
Entry Version: CHOLINE DEFIC
DeCS ID: 2846
Unique ID: D002796
NLM Classification: WD 120
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Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Choline Deficiency - Preferred
Concept UI M0004290
Scope note A condition produced by a deficiency of CHOLINE in animals. Choline is known as a lipotropic agent because it has been shown to promote the transport of excess fat from the liver under certain conditions in laboratory animals. Combined deficiency of choline (included in the B vitamin complex) and all other methyl group donors causes liver cirrhosis in some animals. Unlike compounds normally considered as vitamins, choline does not serve as a cofactor in enzymatic reactions. (From Saunders Dictionary & Encyclopedia of Laboratory Medicine and Technology, 1984)
Preferred term Choline Deficiency
Entry term(s) Choline Deficiencies
Deficiencies, Choline
Deficiency, Choline



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