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Vitamin K deficiency

Vitamin K deficiency: Introduction

Vitamin K is produced by bacteria in the gut, and also absorbed from food in the diet. ...more »

Symptoms of Vitamin K deficiency

• Bleeding symptoms
• Hemorrhagic disease of the newborn - vitamin K deficiency can occur at birth in newborns
  • Internal bleeding
  • Skin bleeding
• more symptoms...»

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Treatments for Vitamin K deficiency

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Vitamin K deficiency:

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Vitamin K deficiency?

• Misdiagnosis of Vitamin K deficiency
• Failure to diagnose Vitamin K deficiency
• Hidden causes of Vitamin K deficiency (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Vitamin K deficiency

Vitamin K deficiency: Related Patient Stories

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Vitamin K deficiency: Deaths

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Vitamin K deficiency: Complications

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Causes of Vitamin K deficiency

• Newborn (type of Immune deficiency conditions) - many neonates have vitamin K deficiency at birth
• Vitamin K malabsorption
• Malabsorption
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More information about causes of Vitamin K deficiency:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Vitamin K deficiency (1 listings)
• Underlying causes of Vitamin K deficiency
• Vitamin K deficiency as a complication caused by other conditions
• Vitamin K deficiency as a symptom

Disease Topics Related To Vitamin K deficiency

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Misdiagnosis and Vitamin K deficiency

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Vitamin K deficiency: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Blood Health Specialists (Hematology):
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  • Pediatric Hematology / Oncology (Child Cancer/Leukemia)
  • Hematopathology (Blood Diagnostics)
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Vitamin K deficiency

Medical research articles related to Vitamin K deficiency include:

• Bone mineralisation in cystic fibrosis
• The clinical and cost effectiveness of thromboelastography / thromboelastometry
• Common Skin Conditions During Pregnancy
• Guideline on the assessment of bleeding risk prior to surgery or invasive procedures
• Red Blood Cell and Plasma Transfusion: A Summary
• Carbamazepine and Oxcarbazepine
• Kawasaki Disease (Treatment)
• more research...»

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Research about Vitamin K deficiency

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Clinical Trials for Vitamin K deficiency

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Vitamin K deficiency include:

• Effect of Vitamin K on Age-Related Bone Loss and Vascular Calcification - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Vitamin K
• more trials...»

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Prevention of Vitamin K deficiency

Prevention information for Vitamin K deficiency has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Vitamin K deficiency.

• Vitamin K injection - often given to newborns to prevent early bleeding after childbirth.
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Vitamin K deficiency: Broader Related Topics

• Bleeding and coagulation conditions
• Blood conditions
• Nutritional conditions
• Deficiency conditions
• more types...»

Types of Vitamin K deficiency

Vitamin K deficiency Message Boards

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Definitions of Vitamin K deficiency:

Condition due to a deficiency of vitamin K. - (Source - Diseases Database)

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