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Abstract
A dietary deficiency of riboflavin causing a syndrome chiefly marked by cheilitis, angular stomatitis, glossitis associated with a purplish red or magenta-colored tongue that may show fissures, corneal vascularization, dyssebacia, and anemia. (Dorland, 27th ed)
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- Deficiency, Riboflavin
- Deficiencies, Riboflavin
- Riboflavin Deficiencies
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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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a vitamin B defic
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Riboflavin Deficiency. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012257. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012257
- Riboflavin Deficiency. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariboflavinosis
- Riboflavin Deficiency. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4138764