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A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN K in the diet, characterized by an increased tendency to hemorrhage (HEMORRHAGIC DISORDERS). Such bleeding episodes may be particularly severe in newborn infants. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1182)
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- Deficiency, Vitamin K
- Deficiencies, Vitamin K
- Vitamin K 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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- National Library of Medicine. Vitamin K Deficiency. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014813. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014813
- Vitamin K Deficiency. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_K_deficiency
- Vitamin K Deficiency. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4138767