| Descriptor English: | Vitamin B 12 Deficiency | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Deficiencia de Vitamina B 12
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Deficiência de Vitamina B 12 | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Carence en vitamine B12 | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Deficiencies, Vitamin B12 Deficiency, Vitamin B 12 Deficiency, Vitamin B12 Vitamin B12 Deficiencies Vitamin B12 Deficiency |
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| Tree number(s): |
C18.654.521.500.133.699.923 SP6.990.625.344.378.400.332.535 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014806 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN B 12 in the diet, characterized by megaloblastic anemia. Since vitamin B 12 is not present in plants, humans have obtained their supply from animal products, from multivitamin supplements in the form of pills, and as additives to food preparations. A wide variety of neuropsychiatric abnormalities is also seen in vitamin B 12 deficiency and appears to be due to an undefined defect involving myelin synthesis. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p848) |
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| Annotation: | coord IM with specific B 12 vitamin /defic (IM) |
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| 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 |
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| Entry Version: | VITAMIN B 12 DEFIC |
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| DeCS ID: | 16591 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D014806 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | WD 120 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2003/07/09 |
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PUBLIC HEALTH
Nutritional Sciences [SP6]Nutritional Sciences
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Vitamin B 12 Deficiency
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| Concept UI |
M0022796 |
| Scope note | A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN B 12 in the diet, characterized by megaloblastic anemia. Since vitamin B 12 is not present in plants, humans have obtained their supply from animal products, from multivitamin supplements in the form of pills, and as additives to food preparations. A wide variety of neuropsychiatric abnormalities is also seen in vitamin B 12 deficiency and appears to be due to an undefined defect involving myelin synthesis. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p848) |
| Preferred term | Vitamin B 12 Deficiency |
| Entry term(s) |
Deficiencies, Vitamin B12 Deficiency, Vitamin B 12 Deficiency, Vitamin B12 Vitamin B12 Deficiencies Vitamin B12 Deficiency |
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