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Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
MeSH HeadingNutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Tree NumberC18
Annotationused for searching: indexers and catalogers apply specifics
Scope NoteA 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.
Allowable QualifiersBL CF CI CL CN CO DH DI DT EC EH EM EN EP ET GE HI IM ME MI MO NU PA PC PP PS PX RA RH RI RT SU TH UR US VE VI
Entry VersionNUTRITIONAL METAB DIS
History Note98; use explode 1971-97
Date of Entry19990101
Unique IDD009750


MeSH Tree Structures

 
 Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18]
Metabolic Diseases [C18.452]  +
Nutrition Disorders [C18.654]  +

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