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Descriptor English: Heinz Bodies
Descriptor Spanish: Cuerpos de Heinz
Descriptor cuerpos de Heinz
Scope note: Inclusiones intracelulares anormales, constituidas por hemoglobina desnaturalizada, que aparecen en la membrana de células de la serie roja. Se pueden observar en las talasemias, enzimopatías, hemoglobinopatías y tras una esplenectomía.
Descriptor Portuguese: Corpos de Heinz
Descriptor French: Corps de Heinz
Entry term(s): Bodies, Heinz
Tree number(s): A11.118.290.330.315.335
A11.284.420.204.335
A15.145.229.334.330.340.335
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006366
Scope note: Abnormal intracellular inclusions, composed of denatured hemoglobin, found on the membrane of red blood cells. They are seen in thalassemias, enzymopathies, hemoglobinopathies, and after splenectomy.
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68(63)
DeCS ID: 6516
Unique ID: D006366
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Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2000/06/22
Heinz Bodies - Preferred
Concept UI M0009997
Scope note Abnormal intracellular inclusions, composed of denatured hemoglobin, found on the membrane of red blood cells. They are seen in thalassemias, enzymopathies, hemoglobinopathies, and after splenectomy.
Preferred term Heinz Bodies
Entry term(s) Bodies, Heinz



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