Structured Summary
Abstract
Generic term for diseases caused by an abnormal metabolic process. It can be congenital due to inherited enzyme abnormality (METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS) or acquired due to disease of an endocrine organ or failure of a metabolically important organ such as the liver. (Stedman, 26th ed)
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Classification
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Narrower headings
- Acid-Base Imbalance
- Calcium Metabolism Disorders
- DNA Repair-Deficiency Disorders
- Glucose Metabolism Disorders
- Hyperlactatemia
- Inborn Errors Metabolism
- Iron Metabolism Disorders
- Lipid Metabolism Disorders
- Malabsorption Syndromes
- Metabolic Bone Diseases
- Metabolic Brain Diseases
- Metabolic Skin Diseases
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Mitochondrial Diseases
- Phosphorus Metabolism Disorders
- Porphyrias
- Proteostasis Deficiencies
- Wasting Syndrome
- Water-Electrolyte Imbalance
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Synonyms
5 entry terms
- Diseases, Metabolic
- Thesaurismosis
- Disease, Metabolic
- Metabolic Disease
- Thesaurismoses
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Aspects Covered
34 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
general or unspecified; prefer specifics; differentiate from DEFICIENCY DISEASES
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Metabolic Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008659. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008659
- Metabolic Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_disorder
- Metabolic Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2351083