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Descriptor English: Vitamin A Deficiency
Descriptor Spanish: Deficiencia de Vitamina A
Descriptor deficiencia de vitamina A
Entry term(s) déficit de vitamina A
hipovitaminosis A
Scope note: Enfermedad nutricional producida por un déficit de VITAMINA A en la dieta, caracterizada por CEGUERA NOCTURNA y otras manifestaciones oculares como sequedad de la conjuntiva y, más tarde, de la córnea (XEROFTALMÍA). El déficit de vitamina A es un problema muy común en todo el mundo, particularmente en los países en desarrollo, como consecuencia de la hambruna y de la escasez de alimentos ricos en vitamina A. En Estados Unidos se encuentra entre los pobres urbanos, los ancianos, alcohólicos y los pacientes con malabsorción. (Traducción libre del original: Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1179)
Descriptor Portuguese: Deficiência de Vitamina A
Descriptor French: Carence en vitamine A
Entry term(s): Deficiencies, Vitamin A
Deficiency, Vitamin A
Vitamin A Deficiencies
Tree number(s): C18.654.521.500.133.628
SP6.990.625.344.378.400.166
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014802
Scope note: 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)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Entry Version: VITAMIN A DEFIC
Related: Night Blindness MeSH
Xerophthalmia MeSH
DeCS ID: 15203
Unique ID: D014802
NLM Classification: WD 110
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Vitamin A Deficiency - Preferred
Concept UI M0022791
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Vitamin A Deficiency
Entry term(s) Deficiencies, Vitamin A
Deficiency, Vitamin A
Vitamin A Deficiencies



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