vitamin a deficiency

Preferred Label : vitamin a deficiency;

MeSH definition : A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN A in the diet, characterized by NIGHT BLINDNESS and other ocular manifestations such as dryness of the conjunctiva and later of the cornea (XEROPHTHALMIA). Vitamin A deficiency is a very common problem worldwide, particularly in developing countries as a consequence of famine or shortages of vitamin A-rich foods. In the United States it is found among the urban poor, the elderly, alcoholics, and patients with malabsorption. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1179);

MeSH synonym : deficiencies, vitamin a; deficiency, vitamin a; vitamin a deficiencies;

MeSH annotation : DF: VITAMIN A DEFIC;

Details

Origin ID

D014802;

UMLS CUI

C0042842;

ATC code(s)
- vitamin a, 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)
- Deficiency of other vitamins [ICD-10 Sub-category (who)]
- Deficiency vitamin [MedDRA LLT]
- Hypovitaminosis [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Hypovitaminosis NOS [MedDRA LLT]
- VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY [WHO-ART Preferred Term]
- VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY [WHO-ART Preferred Term]
- Vitamin A deficiency [ICD-9 code]
- Vitamin B deficiency [PASCAL descriptor]
- Vitamin C deficiency [PASCAL descriptor]
- Vitamin D deficiency [PASCAL descriptor]
- Vitamin D deficiency [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Vitamin Deficiency Disorder [NCIt concept]
- Vitamin E deficiency [PASCAL descriptor]
- Vitamin E deficiency [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Vitamin K deficiency [PASCAL descriptor]
- Vitamin K deficiency [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Vitamin deficiencies [Vue CIM-11]
- Vitamin deficiency [PASCAL descriptor]
- Vitamin deficiency [HPMULTI term]
- Vitamin deficiency [MedDRA LLT]
- Vitamin deficiency [HRDO Sign]
- Vitamin deficiency (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Vitamin deficiency NOS [MedDRA LLT]
- vitamin A deficiency [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- 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 [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- 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]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Low levels of vitamin A [HPO term]
- Unspecified vitamin A deficiency [ICD-9 code]
- VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY [WHO-ART Preferred Term]
- Vitamin A Deficiency [DeCS]
- Vitamin A Deficiency [NCIt concept]
- Vitamin A deficiency [ICD-10 category]
- Vitamin A deficiency [PASCAL descriptor]
- Vitamin A deficiency [ICD-11 Category]
- Vitamin A deficiency [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Vitamin A deficiency [ICD-10 category (who)]
- Vitamin A deficiency [HRDO Sign]
- Vitamin A deficiency (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Vitamin A deficiency, unspecified [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- vitamin a deficiency [Disease (Nov.)]
- vitamin a deficiency, nos [SNOMED Notion]
HPO term
- Low levels of vitamin A [HPO term]
MeSH Descriptor(s) used for indexing
- vitamin A [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- vitamin A deficiency [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH Supplementary Concept(s)
- hypercarotenemia and vitamin A deficiency, autosomal dominant [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- hypercarotenemia and vitamin A deficiency, autosomal recessive [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- keratomalacia [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
See also
- night blindness [MeSH Descriptor]
- xerophthalmia [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- vitamin A [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Low levels of vitamin A [HPO term]
- Unspecified vitamin A deficiency [ICD-9 code]
- Unspecified vitamin A deficiency [MedDRA LLT]
- VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY [WHO-ART Preferred Term]
- Vitamin A Deficiency [DeCS]
- Vitamin A Deficiency [NCIt concept]
- Vitamin A deficiency [ICD-10 category]
- Vitamin A deficiency [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Vitamin A deficiency [ICD-10 category (who)]
- Vitamin A deficiency [HRDO Sign]
- Vitamin A deficiency [ICD-9 code]
- Vitamin A deficiency [PASCAL descriptor]
- Vitamin A deficiency [ICD-11 Category]
- Vitamin A deficiency (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Vitamin A deficiency, unspecified [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- vitamin a deficiency [Disease (Nov.)]
- vitamin a deficiency, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Validated automatic mappings to NTBT
- vitamin deficiency [Disease (Nov.)]

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