loading...| Preferred Name |
kwashiorkor |
| Synonyms |
Nutritional edema with dyspigmentation of skin and hair |
| Definitions |
A protein-energy malnutrition that is characterized by severe lack of protein and edema or anasarca, has_symptom swelling, gastrointestinal upset, dehydration, thin dry skin, and cough, and has_material_basis_in severe deficit of protein, resulting in lack of albumin causing decreased oncotic pressure in the vasculature and increased activation of the renin-angiotensin axis and antidiuretic hormone. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_13579 |
| database_cross_reference |
MESH:D007732 ICD9CM:260 SNOMEDCT_US_2022_09_01:154730001 ICD10CM:E40 UMLS_CUI:C0022806 |
| definition |
A protein-energy malnutrition that is characterized by severe lack of protein and edema or anasarca, has_symptom swelling, gastrointestinal upset, dehydration, thin dry skin, and cough, and has_material_basis_in severe deficit of protein, resulting in lack of albumin causing decreased oncotic pressure in the vasculature and increased activation of the renin-angiotensin axis and antidiuretic hormone. |
| has exact synonym |
Nutritional edema with dyspigmentation of skin and hair Nutritional oedema with dyspigmentation of skin and/or hair Kwashiokor |
| has symptom |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000614 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000716 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000433 |
| has_obo_namespace |
disease_ontology |
| id |
DOID:13579 |
| label |
kwashiorkor |
| notation |
DOID:13579 |
| prefLabel |
kwashiorkor |
| subClassOf |