Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States

Fat-soluble Vitamins: 

 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness, keratomalacia, follicular hyperkeratosis

 • Vitamin D - Rickets, osteomalacia

 • Vitamin E - Haemolytic anaemia, ataxia

 • Vitamin K - Coagulation disorder

Water-soluble Vitamins: 

 • Thiamine B1 - Beri-beri, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

 • Riboflavin B2 - Glossitis, stomatitis

 • Niacin B3 - Pellagra

 • Pyridoxine B6 - Polyneuropathy

 • Biotin - Dermatitis, alopecia, paraesthesiae

 • Folate - Anaemia, neural tube defects during gestation

 • Vitamin B12 - Anaemia, neurological degeneration

 • Vitamin C - Scurvy



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