"Vitamin B Deficiency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition due to deficiency in any member of the VITAMIN B COMPLEX. These B vitamins are water-soluble and must be obtained from the diet because they are easily lost in the urine. Unlike the lipid-soluble vitamins, they cannot be stored in the body fat.
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D014804
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.521.500.133.699
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| Concept/Terms |
Vitamin B Deficiency- Vitamin B Deficiency
- Deficiency, Vitamin B
- Deficiencies, Vitamin B
- Vitamin B Deficiencies
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vitamin B Deficiency" by people in Profiles.
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Hu Y, Raffield LM, Polfus LM, Moscati A, Nadkarni G, Preuss MH, Zhong X, Wei Q, Rich SS, Li Y, Wilson JG, Correa A, Loos RJF, Li B, Auer PL, Reiner AP. A common TCN1 loss-of-function variant is associated with lower vitamin B12 concentration in African Americans. Blood. 2018 06 21; 131(25):2859-2863.
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Huffman FG, Vaccaro JA, Zarini GG, Biller D, Dixon Z. Inadequacy of micronutrients, fat, and fiber consumption in the diets of Haitian-, African- and Cuban-Americans with and without type 2 diabetes. Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 2012 Aug; 82(4):275-87.