Structured Summary
Abstract
A condition due to a deficiency of one or more essential vitamins. (Dorland, 27th ed)
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5 entry terms
- Avitaminoses
- Deficiency, Vitamin
- Vitamin Deficiency
- Deficiencies, Vitamin
- Vitamin Deficiencies
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35 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
includes hypovitaminosis; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; avitaminosis A equals VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY, etc.
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Avitaminosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001361. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001361
- Avitaminosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_deficiency
- Avitaminosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194435