Diseases

Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

A collective term for nutritional disorders resulting from poor absorption or nutritional imbalance, and metabolic disorders resulting from defects in biosynthesis (ANABOLISM) or breakdown (CATABOLISM) of endogenous substances.

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A collective term for nutritional disorders resulting from poor absorption or nutritional imbalance, and metabolic disorders resulting from defects in biosynthesis (ANABOLISM) or breakdown (CATABOLISM) of endogenous substances.

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, 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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used for searching; INDEXER: Do not use; CATALOGER: Do not use

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History Note

98; use explode 1971-97

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  1. C18

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009750. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009750
  2. Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55093063