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Chapter 4 - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)»Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64)»Deficiency of vitamin K (E56.1)

E56.1

Deficiency of vitamin K

Related indications (MeSH) (1)

Vitamin K Deficiency5 drugs (3 approved, 2 experimental)

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)