Mesh term Metabolic Diseases
Browse to parent terms:Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Description
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)Browse to child terms:
Acid-Base Imbalance
Bone Diseases, Metabolic
Brain Diseases, Metabolic
Calcium Metabolism Disorders
DNA Repair-Deficiency Disorders
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Hyperlactatemia
Iron Metabolism Disorders
Lipid Metabolism Disorders
Malabsorption Syndromes
Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Mitochondrial Diseases
Phosphorus Metabolism Disorders
Porphyrias
Proteostasis Deficiencies
Skin Diseases, Metabolic
Wasting Syndrome
Water-Electrolyte Imbalance
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