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Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Calcium Metabolism Disorders > Calcinosis

Preferred term

Calcinosis  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Calcification, Pathologic
  • Pathologic Calcification

Note

  • coordinate with organ/diseases term; for calcinosis of the heart, coordinate with CARDIOMYOPATHIES, not HEART DISEASES

Scope note

  • Pathologic deposition of calcium salts in tissues.

In other languages

  • kalsinoosi

    Finnish

  • calcinosis
  • patologinen kalkkeutuminen
  • Förkalkning

    Swedish

  • Kalcifikation
  • Mikroförkalkning

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002114

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