Avitaminosis
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Avitaminosis is any diseasecaused by chronic or long-term vitamindeficiency or caused by a defect in metabolic conversion, such as tryptophan to niacin. They are designated by the same letter as the vitamin. Avitaminoses include
- avitaminosis A, xerophthalmiaor night blindness
- thiaminedeficiency causes beriberi
- niacindeficiency causes pellagra
- vitamins B6 and B12 deficiency causes anemia
- avitaminosis C leads to scurvy
- vitamin Ddeficiency causes rickets
- vitamin Kdeficiency causes bleeding
Conversely hypervitaminosisis the syndrome of symptoms caused by over-retention of fat-soluble vitamins in the body.
See also
- Vitamin#Human_vitaminsfor more details.
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It uses material from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avitaminosis Wikipedia article Avitaminosis.
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