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A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN B 6 in the diet, characterized by dermatitis, glossitis, cheilosis, and stomatitis. Marked deficiency causes irritability, weakness, depression, dizziness, peripheral neuropathy, and seizures. In infants and children typical manifestations are diarrhea, anemia, and seizures. Deficiency can be caused by certain medications, such as isoniazid.
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- Deficiency, Vitamin B 6
- Deficiency, Vitamin B6
- Vitamin B6 Deficiency
- Vitamin Deficiency, B6
- B6 Deficiencies, Vitamin
- B6 Deficiency, Vitamin
- B6 Vitamin Deficiencies
- B6 Vitamin Deficiency
- Deficiencies, B6 Vitamin
- Deficiencies, Vitamin B6
- Deficiency, B6 Vitamin
- Vitamin B6 Deficiencies
- Vitamin Deficiencies, B6
- Deficiency, Pyridoxine
- Pyridoxine Deficiency
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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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2000
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- Pyridoxine Deficiency (1963-2001)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Vitamin B 6 Deficiency. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D026681. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D026681
- Vitamin B 6 Deficiency. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B6_deficiency
- Vitamin B 6 Deficiency. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7263598