loading...| Preferred Name | vitamin A deficiency | |
| Synonyms |
deficiencies, vitamin A vitamin A deficiencies deficiency, vitamin A vitamin A deficiency vitamin A deficiency (disease) Vitamin A Deficiency |
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| Definitions |
Deficiency of vitamin A due to malnutrition, malabsorption, or dietary lack. It is manifested with reduced night vision, night blindness, and xerophthalmia. A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN A in the diet, characterized by NIGHT BLINDNESS and other ocular manifestations such as dryness of the conjunctiva and later of the cornea (XEROPHTHALMIA). Vitamin A deficiency is a very common problem worldwide, particularly in developing countries as a consequence of famine or shortages of vitamin A-rich foods. In the United States it is found among the urban poor, the elderly, alcoholics, and patients with malabsorption. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1179) |
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http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_1001237 |
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MESH:D014802 NCIT:C85220 MEDGEN:22668 SCTID:72000004 MedDRA:10047586 MeSH:D014802 NCIt:C85220 MONDO:0007016 UMLS:C0042842 icd11.foundation:435342452 SNOMEDCT:72000004 DOID:10257 HP:0004905 ICD10:E50 ICD9:264 ICD9:264.8 ICD9:264.9 |
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| definition |
Deficiency of vitamin A due to malnutrition, malabsorption, or dietary lack. It is manifested with reduced night vision, night blindness, and xerophthalmia. A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN A in the diet, characterized by NIGHT BLINDNESS and other ocular manifestations such as dryness of the conjunctiva and later of the cornea (XEROPHTHALMIA). Vitamin A deficiency is a very common problem worldwide, particularly in developing countries as a consequence of famine or shortages of vitamin A-rich foods. In the United States it is found among the urban poor, the elderly, alcoholics, and patients with malabsorption. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1179) |
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vitamin A deficiency vitamin A deficiency (disease) Vitamin A Deficiency |
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| has_related_synonym |
deficiencies, vitamin A vitamin A deficiencies deficiency, vitamin A |
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| IAO_0000589 |
vitamin A deficiency (disease) |
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EFO:1001237 |
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| label |
vitamin A deficiency |
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| notation |
EFO:1001237 |
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| preferred label |
vitamin A deficiency |
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vitamin A deficiency |
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http://identifiers.org/mesh/D014802 http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0042842 http://identifiers.org/medgen/22668 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/mondo/sources/icd11foundation/435342452 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C85220 |
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| term editor |
Sirarat Sarntivijai |
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