Deficiency.vitamin

Deficiency.vitamin: Dietary deficiency of a vitamin

Introduction: The lack of certain vitamins can cause various medical conditions, even if other aspects of the diet are adequate. Some examples are scurvy (vitamin C deficiency/ascorbic acid deficiency), rickets (Vitamin D deficiency), Vitamin A deficiency, beriberi (a deficiency in thiamine, vitamin B1), pellagra (a deficiency in niacin, vitamin B3), Vitamin B 12 Deficiency, and Riboflavin deficiency.

Disease group: Vitamin deficiency

Condition count: 10

Class types: Deficiency (17)

Classes: classes list

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