kwashiorkor - CISMeF

Preferred Label : kwashiorkor;

MeSH definition : A syndrome produced by severe protein deficiency, characterized by retarded growth, changes in skin and hair pigment, edema, and pathologic changes in the liver, including fatty infiltration, necrosis, and fibrosis. The word is a local name in Gold Coast, Africa, meaning displaced child. Although first reported from Africa, kwashiorkor is now known throughout the world, but mainly in the tropics and subtropics. It is considered to be related to marasmus. (From Dorland, 27th ed);

MeSH synonym : kwashiorkors;

MeSH annotation : severe form of protein malnutrition;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwashiorkor;

Details

Origin ID

D007732;

UMLS CUI

C0022806;

Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemically induced [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- complications [MeSH Qualifier]
- congenital [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnosis [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- diet therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
- etiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiotherapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Marasmic kwashiorkor [ICD-11 More detail]
DO Cross reference
- kwashiorkor [DO Concept]
Record concept(s)
- kwashiorkor [MeSH concept]
See also
- Protein Malnutrition [DeCS]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- protein-energy malnutrition [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Kwashiorkor [ICD-9 code]
- Kwashiorkor [ICD-10 category]
- Kwashiorkor [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Kwashiorkor [DeCS]
- Kwashiorkor [NCIt concept]
- Kwashiorkor (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Protein Malnutrition [DeCS]
- kwashiorkor [SNOMED Notion]
- kwashiorkor [DO Concept]
- protein malnutrition [Disease (Nov.)]

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