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																		 Vitamin K Deficiency
 
																		 
																		
																	 
																		 
																		
																	 
																			
																					
	"Vitamin K Deficiency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN K in the diet, characterized by an increased tendency to hemorrhage (HEMORRHAGIC DISORDERS). Such bleeding episodes may be particularly severe in newborn infants. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1182)
    
			 
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D014813 |  
						| MeSH Number(s) | C15.378.100.920 C15.378.463.841 C18.654.521.500.133.912 |  
						| Concept/Terms | Vitamin K DeficiencyVitamin K DeficiencyDeficiency, Vitamin KDeficiencies, Vitamin KVitamin K Deficiencies
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Vitamin K Deficiency" by people in Profiles. 		
					
								
								Bruns LA, Isbey S, Tanverdi M, Kane I. Late-Onset Vitamin K Deficiency Presenting as Scrotal Bruising and Mediastinal Mass. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2019 Oct; 35(10):e192-e193.
								Khatib R, Ludwikowska M, Witt DM, Ansell J, Clark NP, Holbrook A, Wiercioch W, Sch?nemann H, Nieuwlaat R. Vitamin K for reversal of excessive vitamin K antagonist anticoagulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Blood Adv. 2019 03 12; 3(5):789-796.
								Sagel SD, Sontag MK, Anthony MM, Emmett P, Papas KA. Effect of an antioxidant-rich multivitamin supplement in cystic fibrosis. J Cyst Fibros. 2011 Jan; 10(1):31-6.
								Chen CS, Cumbler EU, Triebling AT. Coagulopathy due to celiac disease presenting as intramuscular hemorrhage. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Nov; 22(11):1608-12.
								Barron MA, Doyle J, Zlotkin S. Vitamin K deficiency in children pre-bone marrow transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2006 Jan; 37(2):151-4.
								Fenton LZ, Sirotnak AP, Handler MH. Parietal pseudofracture and spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage suggesting nonaccidental trauma: report of 2 cases. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2000 Dec; 33(6):318-22.
								Sokol RJ. Fat-soluble vitamins and their importance in patients with cholestatic liver diseases. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 1994 Dec; 23(4):673-705.
								Silliman CC, Ford DM, Lane PA. Hemolytic uremic syndrome complicated by vitamin K deficiency. Am J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 1991; 13(2):176-8.
								Shapiro AD, Jacobson LJ, Armon ME, Manco-Johnson MJ, Hulac P, Lane PA, Hathaway WE. Vitamin K deficiency in the newborn infant: prevalence and perinatal risk factors. J Pediatr. 1986 Oct; 109(4):675-80.
								Lane PA, Hathaway WE, Githens JH, Krugman RD, Rosenberg DA. Fatal intracranial hemorrhage in a normal infant secondary to vitamin K deficiency. Pediatrics. 1983 Oct; 72(4):562-4. | 
																	
																		
																			
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