Macrocytic Red Blood Cell

Preferred Label : Macrocytic Red Blood Cell;

NCIt synonyms : Macrocyte; Macrocytes;

NCIt definition : An abnormally large red blood cell occurring mainly in anemias (as pernicious anemia), also called megalocyte. Lack of vitamin B12 and folic acid could also cause macrocytes. (NCI);

Details

Origin ID

C13112;

UMLS CUI

C0333805;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Macrocytic erythrocyte (cell) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Red blood cell macrocytes [MedDRA Preferred Term]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Macrocytes [LOINC component]
- Macrocytosis (morphologic abnormality) [SNOMED CT concept]
- macrocyte [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Macrocytes [LOINC component]
- Macrocytic erythrocyte (cell) [SNOMED CT concept]
- macrocyte [SNOMED Notion]

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