Descriptor English: | Iron Overload | ||||
Descriptor Spanish: |
Sobrecarga de Hierro
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Descriptor Portuguese: | Sobrecarga de Ferro | ||||
Descriptor French: | Surcharge en fer | ||||
Entry term(s): |
Overload, Iron |
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Tree number(s): |
C18.452.565.500 |
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RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019190 | ||||
Scope note: | An excessive accumulation of iron in the body due to a greater than normal absorption of iron from the gastrointestinal tract or from parenteral injection. This may arise from idiopathic hemochromatosis, excessive iron intake, chronic alcoholism, certain types of refractory anemia, or transfusional hemosiderosis. (From Churchill's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 1989) |
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Annotation: | disord of iron metab |
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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 |
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Previous Indexing: |
Hemosiderosis (1996) Iron/metabolism (1966-1995) |
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Public MeSH Note: | 97; was see HEMOSIDEROSIS 1996 |
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Online Note: | use HEMOSIDEROSIS to search IRON OVERLOAD 1996 |
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History Note: | 97; was see HEMOSIDEROSIS 1996 |
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DeCS ID: | 32960 | ||||
Unique ID: | D019190 | ||||
NLM Classification: | WD 200.5.I7 | ||||
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
Date Established: | 1997/01/01 | ||||
Date of Entry: | 1996/02/12 |
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Iron Overload
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Concept UI |
M0028592 |
Scope note | An excessive accumulation of iron in the body due to a greater than normal absorption of iron from the gastrointestinal tract or from parenteral injection. This may arise from idiopathic hemochromatosis, excessive iron intake, chronic alcoholism, certain types of refractory anemia, or transfusional hemosiderosis. (From Churchill's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 1989) |
Preferred term | Iron Overload |
Entry term(s) |
Overload, Iron |
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