Concept information
Preferred term
Erythrocyte Aging
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Erythrocyte Survival
- Survival, Erythrocyte
Note
- coord with disease /blood, not /physiopathol
Scope note
- The senescence of RED BLOOD CELLS. Lacking the organelles that make protein synthesis possible, the mature erythrocyte is incapable of self-repair, reproduction, and carrying out certain functions performed by other cells. This limits the average life span of an erythrocyte to 120 days.
History note
- 67(65)
In other languages
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Finnish
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erytrosyytin vanheneminen
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erytrosyyttien vanheneminen
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punasolun vanheneminen
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004905
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