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MeSH Heading: Vitamin B 6 Deficiency
Tree Number(s): C18.654.521.500.133.699.901
Unique ID: D026681
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D026681
Scope Note: A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN B 6 in the diet, characterized by dermatitis, glossitis, cheilosis, and stomatitis. Marked deficiency causes irritability, weakness, depression, dizziness, peripheral neuropathy, and seizures. In infants and children typical manifestations are diarrhea, anemia, and seizures. Deficiency can be caused by certain medications, such as isoniazid.
Entry Term(s): Deficiency, Pyridoxine; Deficiency, Vitamin B 6; Deficiency, Vitamin B6; Pyridoxine Deficiency; Vitamin B6 Deficiency; Vitamin Deficiency, B6
Previous Indexing: Pyridoxine Deficiency (1963-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2000; for PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY see PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY 1963-2001
History Note: 2000
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2013/07/09

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0378655
Scope Note: A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN B 6 in the diet, characterized by dermatitis, glossitis, cheilosis, and stomatitis. Marked deficiency causes irritability, weakness, depression, dizziness, peripheral neuropathy, and seizures. In infants and children typical manifestations are diarrhea, anemia, and seizures. Deficiency can be caused by certain medications, such as isoniazid.
Terms: Vitamin B 6 Deficiency Preferred Term
Term UI T436204
Date02/14/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Deficiency, Vitamin B6
Term UI T436297
Date02/15/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Vitamin Deficiency, B6
Term UI T752473
Date06/08/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Deficiency, Vitamin B 6
Term UI T436205
Date02/14/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); Vitamin B6 Deficiency
Term UI T436296
Date02/15/2001
LexicalTag NON
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