chromatosis


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chromatosis

[‚krō·mə′tō·səs]
(medicine)
A pathologic process or pigmentary disease in which there is a deposit of coloring matter in a normally unpigmented site, or an excessive deposit in a normally pigmented area.
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Table 1--Plant and doses administered to sheep and rabbits for the determination of the etiology of a chromatosis in sheep.
Pigmentation of the viscera and carcasses (chromatosis) in sheep in the Brazilian northeastern region/Pigmentacao das visceras e carcacas (cromatose) em ovinos na regiao Nordeste do Brasil
Pro-hepcidin: expression and cell specific localisation in the liver and its regulation in hereditary haemo chromatosis, chronic renal insufficiency, and renal anaemia.
Hereditary hemochromatosis: genetic complexity and new diagnostic approaches
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