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Descriptor English: Iron Overload
Descriptor Spanish: Sobrecarga de Hierro
Descriptor sobrecarga de hierro
Scope note: Acumulación excesiva de hierro en el organismo, producida por una absorción de hierro superior a lo normal en el tracto gastrointestinal o por la inyección parenteral. Puede producirse por hemocromatosis idiopática, consumo excesivo de hierro, alcoholismo crónico, ciertos tipos de anemias refractarias, o hemosiderosis transfusional.
Descriptor Portuguese: Sobrecarga de Ferro
Descriptor French: Surcharge en fer
Entry term(s): Overload, Iron
Tree number(s): C18.452.565.500
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)
Annotation: disord of iron metab
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
Previous Indexing: Hemosiderosis (1996)
Iron/metabolism (1966-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 97; was see HEMOSIDEROSIS 1996
Online Note: use HEMOSIDEROSIS to search IRON OVERLOAD 1996
History Note: 97; was see HEMOSIDEROSIS 1996
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
Iron Overload - Preferred
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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