"Deficiency Diseases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition produced by dietary or metabolic deficiency. The term includes all diseases caused by an insufficient supply of essential nutrients, i.e., protein (or amino acids), vitamins, and minerals. It also includes an inadequacy of calories. (From Dorland, 27th ed; Stedman, 25th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D003677
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.521.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Deficiency Diseases- Deficiency Diseases
- Deficiency Disease
- Disease, Deficiency
- Diseases, Deficiency
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Deficiency Diseases" by people in Profiles.
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Bath SC, Sleeth ML, McKenna M, Walter A, Taylor A, Rayman MP. Iodine intake and status of UK women of childbearing age recruited at the University of Surrey in the winter. Br J Nutr. 2014 Nov 28; 112(10):1715-23.
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Vaccaro JA, Huffman FG. Race/ethnicity-, gender- and age-specific differences in micronutrient intakes of US adults with and without diabetes. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2013 Mar; 64(2):175-84.
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Fialkowski MK, McCrory MA, Roberts SM, Tracy JK, Grattan LM, Boushey CJ. Estimated nutrient intakes from food generally do not meet dietary reference intakes among adult members of Pacific Northwest tribal nations. J Nutr. 2010 May; 140(5):992-8.
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Siekmann JH, Allen LH, Bwibo NO, Demment MW, Murphy SP, Neumann CG. Kenyan school children have multiple micronutrient deficiencies, but increased plasma vitamin B-12 is the only detectable micronutrient response to meat or milk supplementation. J Nutr. 2003 11; 133(11 Suppl 2):3972S-3980S.
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Viteri FE, Gonzalez H. Adverse outcomes of poor micronutrient status in childhood and adolescence. Nutr Rev. 2002 May; 60(5 Pt 2):S77-83.
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BASU DP, GHOSH JC, BANERJEE SK, BAKSI KB. MYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS OF BENGAL. Indian Heart J. 1965 Jan; 17:64-9.