Vitamin K Deficiency |
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| Deficiency, Vitamin K; Deficiencies, Vitamin K; Vitamin K Deficiencies | |
| 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) | |