Diseases

Vitamin B Deficiency

A condition due to deficiency in any member of the VITAMIN B COMPLEX. These B vitamins are water-soluble and must be obtained from the diet because they are easily lost in the urine. Unlike the lipid-soluble vitamins, they cannot be stored in the body fat.

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A condition due to deficiency in any member of the VITAMIN B COMPLEX. These B vitamins are water-soluble and must be obtained from the diet because they are easily lost in the urine. Unlike the lipid-soluble vitamins, they cannot be stored in the body fat.

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  • Deficiency, Vitamin B
  • Deficiencies, Vitamin B
  • Vitamin B 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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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Vitamin B Deficiency. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014804. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014804
  2. Vitamin B Deficiency. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19001111