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Descriptor English: Hypoproteinemia
Descriptor Spanish: Hipoproteinemia
Descriptor hipoproteinemia
Scope note: Condición en la cual el nivel de proteínas séricas totales esta por debajo de los valores normales. La hipoproteinemia puede deberse a malabsorción a nivel del tracto gastrointestinal, a EDEMA, o a PROTEINURIA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hipoproteinemia
Descriptor French: Hypoprotéinémie
Entry term(s): Hypoproteinemias
Tree number(s): C15.378.147.607
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007019
Scope note: A condition in which total serum protein level is below the normal range. Hypoproteinemia can be caused by protein malabsorption in the gastrointestinal tract, EDEMA, or PROTEINURIA.
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: 65
History Note: 65(63)
Related: Protein-Losing Enteropathies MeSH
DeCS ID: 7198
Unique ID: D007019
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Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2002/07/03
Hypoproteinemia - Preferred
Concept UI M0010924
Scope note A condition in which total serum protein level is below the normal range. Hypoproteinemia can be caused by protein malabsorption in the gastrointestinal tract, EDEMA, or PROTEINURIA.
Preferred term Hypoproteinemia
Entry term(s) Hypoproteinemias



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