ascorbic acid deficiency

Preferred Label : ascorbic acid deficiency;

MeSH definition : A condition due to a dietary deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C), characterized by malaise, lethargy, and weakness. As the disease progresses, joints, muscles, and subcutaneous tissues may become the sites of hemorrhage. Ascorbic acid deficiency frequently develops into SCURVY in young children fed unsupplemented cow's milk exclusively during their first year. It develops also commonly in chronic alcoholism. (Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1177);

MeSH synonym : deficiencies, vitamin c; ascorbic acid deficiencies; vitamin c deficiency; deficiencies, ascorbic acid; deficiency, vitamin c; vitamin c deficiencies; deficiency, ascorbic acid;

MeSH annotation : note X ref; DF: ASCORBIC ACID DEFIC;

Details

Origin ID

D001206;

UMLS CUI

C0003969;

ATC code(s)
- ascorbic acid (vitamin c), combinations [ATC Code]
- ascorbic acid (vitamin c), plain [ATC Code]
Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemically induced [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- complications [MeSH Qualifier]
- congenital [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnosis [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- diet therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
- etiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiotherapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Ascorbic Acid Deficiency [DeCS]
- Ascorbic acid deficiency [ICD-10 category (who)]
- Ascorbic acid deficiency [MedDRA LLT]
- Deficiency of other vitamins [ICD-10 Sub-category (who)]
- Deficiency vitamin [MedDRA LLT]
- VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY [WHO-ART Preferred Term]
- VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY [WHO-ART Preferred Term]
- VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY [WHO-ART Preferred Term]
- Vitamin A deficiency [PASCAL descriptor]
- Vitamin A deficiency [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Vitamin B deficiency [PASCAL descriptor]
- Vitamin C Deficiency [NCIt concept]
- Vitamin D deficiency [PASCAL descriptor]
- Vitamin D deficiency [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Vitamin E deficiency [PASCAL descriptor]
- Vitamin E deficiency [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Vitamin K deficiency [PASCAL descriptor]
- Vitamin K deficiency [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Vitamin deficiency [PASCAL descriptor]
- Vitamin deficiency [HRDO Sign]
- Vitamin deficiency [MedDRA LLT]
- Vitamin deficiency (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ascorbic acid deficiency [SNOMED Notion]
- vitamin a deficiency, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- vitamin b deficiency, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- vitamin b deficiency, nos [TUV Concept]
- vitamin b deficiency, nos [TUV Term]
- vitamin d deficiency, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- vitamin deficiency, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- vitamin deficiency, nos [TUV Concept]
- vitamin e deficiency [SNOMED Notion]
- vitamin k deficiency [SNOMED Notion]
- vitamin p deficiency [SNOMED Notion]
- vitamin/nutritional deficiency [ICPC-2 Rubric]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Ascorbic acid deficiency [ICD-10 category]
- Ascorbic acid deficiency [ICD-9 code]
- Ascorbic acid deficiency (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Low levels of vitamin C [HPO term]
- Vitamin C deficiency [PASCAL descriptor]
- Vitamin C deficiency [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Vitamin C deficiency [ICD-11 Category]
- Vitamin C deficiency [HRDO Sign]
- vitamin C deficiency [Disease (Nov.)]
HPO term
- Low levels of vitamin C [HPO term]
MeSH Descriptor(s) used for indexing
- ascorbic acid [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- ascorbic acid deficiency [MeSH concept]
See also
- scurvy [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Ascorbic acid deficiency [ICD-9 code]
- Ascorbic acid deficiency [MedDRA LLT]
- Ascorbic acid deficiency [ICD-10 category]
- Ascorbic acid deficiency (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Low levels of vitamin C [HPO term]
- Scurvy [ICD-11 Subcategory]
- Vitamin C deficiency [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Vitamin C deficiency [HRDO Sign]
- Vitamin C deficiency [PASCAL descriptor]
- Vitamin C deficiency [ICD-11 Category]
- ascorbic acid deficiency [SNOMED Notion]
- vitamin C deficiency [Disease (Nov.)]

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