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| ID | DOID:11249 |
| Name | vitamin K deficiency bleeding |
| Definition | A nutritional deficiency disease that is characterized by easy bleeding due to an inability to form blood clots caused by vitamin K deficiency, occurs most commonly in newborns, and has_material_basis_in deficiency of vitamin K secondary to liver prematurity, lack of vitamin K in a breastmilk diet, largely sterile gut, malabsorption, diarrhea, chronic illness, menorrhagia, chronic kidney disease, and some medications. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haemorrhagic_disease_of_the_newborn, https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007320.htm, https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/vitamink/facts.html, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5592002/ |
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SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:52675005 |
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| Synonyms |
deficiency of vitamin K [EXACT] vitamin K deficiency [EXACT] vitamin K deficiency hemorrhagic disease [EXACT] |
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