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MeSH Heading: Anemia, Iron-Deficiency
Tree Number(s): C15.378.050.196.300; C18.452.565.400.500
Unique ID: D018798
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018798
Scope Note: Anemia characterized by decreased or absent iron stores, low serum iron concentration, low transferrin saturation, and low hemoglobin concentration or hematocrit value. The erythrocytes are hypochromic and microcytic and the iron binding capacity is increased.
Entry Version: ANEMIA IRON DEFIC
Entry Term(s): Anemias, Iron-Deficiency; Iron-Deficiency Anemia; Iron-Deficiency Anemias
NLM Classification #: WH 160
Previous Indexing: Anemia, Hypochromic (1966-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA was see ANEMIA, HYPOCHROMIC 1970-94
Online Note: use ANEMIA, HYPOCHROMIC to search IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA 1970-94
History Note: 95; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA was see ANEMIA, HYPOCHROMIC 1970-94
Date Introduced: 1995/01/01
Last Updated: 2023/02/26

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)

Concept UI: M0028144
Scope Note: Anemia characterized by decreased or absent iron stores, low serum iron concentration, low transferrin saturation, and low hemoglobin concentration or hematocrit value. The erythrocytes are hypochromic and microcytic and the iron binding capacity is increased.
Terms: Anemia, Iron-Deficiency Preferred Term
Term UI T056002
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Anemias, Iron-Deficiency
Term UI T055999
Date03/21/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Iron-Deficiency Anemias
Term UI T056000
Date03/21/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Iron-Deficiency Anemia
Term UI T056001
Date03/21/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995)

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