Vitamin deficiency disorder

MedGen UID:: 267607
•Concept ID:: C1510471
•: Disease or Syndrome

Synonyms:	Deficiencies, Vitamin; Deficiency, Vitamin; Vitamin Deficiencies; Vitamin Deficiency
SNOMED CT:	Vitamin deficiency (85670002); Hypovitaminosis (85670002)

Monarch Initiative:	MONDO:0024298

Definition

A disorder that is caused by the deficiency of a vitamin. The deficiency may result from either suboptimal vitamin intake or conditions that prevent the vitamin''s use or absorption in the body. Representative examples include beriberi caused by thiamine deficiency, scurvy caused by vitamin C deficiency, and rickets caused by vitamin D deficiency. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

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MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVVitamin deficiency disorder

Pathological process
- Disease
  - Non-Neoplastic Disorder
    - Non-Neoplastic Disorder by Special Category
      - Metabolic disease
        Nutritional disorder
        Vitamin deficiency disorder
        Decreased circulating vitamin D concentration
        Deficiency of vitamin D3
        Rickets
        Acquired Rickets
        Adult Rickets
        Calcium Deficiency Rickets
        Childhood Rickets
        Chronic kidney disease mineral and bone disorder
        Dent disease
        Familial X-linked hypophosphatemic vitamin D refractory rickets
        Hypocalcemic rickets
        Hypophosphatemic rickets
        Nutritional Rickets
        Vitamin D Dependent Rickets 2
        Vitamin D-dependent rickets
        Vitamin D-dependent rickets type II with alopecia
        Vitamin D-dependent rickets, type 2
        Vitamin D hydroxylation-deficient rickets, type 1B
        Vitamin D-dependent rickets, type 1
        Scurvy
        Vitamin A deficiency
        Vitamin B deficiency
        Ariboflavinosis
        Maternal riboflavin deficiency
        Beriberi
        Choline deficiency disease
        Cobalamin deficiency
        Pernicious anemia
        Subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord
        Decreased circulating vitamin B1 concentration
        Wernicke encephalopathy
        Hyperhomocysteinemia
        Homocystinuria
        Pellagra
        Reduced blood folate concentration
        Reduced circulating vitamin B6 circulating
        Vitamin K deficiency
        Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Recognition and Management.

Langan RC, Goodbred AJ
Am Fam Physician 2017 Sep 15;96(6):384-389. PMID: 28925645

The vitamin D deficiency pandemic: Approaches for diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

Holick MF
Rev Endocr Metab Disord 2017 Jun;18(2):153-165. doi: 10.1007/s11154-017-9424-1. PMID: 28516265

Evaluation, treatment, and prevention of vitamin D deficiency: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline.

Holick MF, Binkley NC, Bischoff-Ferrari HA, Gordon CM, Hanley DA, Heaney RP, Murad MH, Weaver CM; Endocrine Society
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2011 Jul;96(7):1911-30. Epub 2011 Jun 6 doi: 10.1210/jc.2011-0385. PMID: 21646368

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