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MeSH Heading: Iron Deficiencies
Tree Number(s): C18.452.565.400
Unique ID: D000090463
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000090463
Annotation: ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY is also available
Scope Note: Deficient amounts of iron in the body as a result of blood loss, diets deficient in iron, or an iron uptake or storage disorder.
Entry Term(s): Hypoferritinemia; Iron Deficiency; Latent Iron Deficiency; Sideropenia
NLM Classification #: QU 260.5.I7
Public MeSH Note: 2022
History Note: 2022
Date Established: 2022/01/01
Date of Entry: 2021/07/09
Revision Date: 2021/07/07

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Iron Deficiencies MeSH Descriptor Data 2025