Concept information
Preferred term
Hyperferritinemia
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Elevated Serum Ferritin
- Raised Serum Ferritin
- Serum Ferritin, Elevated
- Serum Ferritin, Raised
Scope note
- A finding of elevated serum level of FERRITIN. It is often associated with IRON OVERLOAD, repeated blood transfusions, malignancy, iron metabolic syndromes, virus infection, liver injury or dysfunction, and renal failure. Hyperferritinemia in iron metabolic syndromes (e.g., Still's diseases, and HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME) is referred to as dysmetabolic hyperferritinemia.
History note
- 2021
In other languages
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Finnish
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suurentunut ferritiinipitoisuus
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Swedish
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Dysmetabolt järnöverskott
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Förhöjt serumferritin
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Ultrahyperferritinemi
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000085583
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