Vitamin D Deficiency

MeSH ID: D014808

DEFINITION: A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN D in the diet, insufficient production of vitamin D in the skin, inadequate absorption of vitamin D from the diet, or abnormal conversion of vitamin D to its bioactive metabolites. It is manifested clinically as RICKETS in children and OSTEOMALACIA in adults. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1406)

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Related Concepts:

Vitamin D Deficiency [M0022798]
Concept Semantic Types:
- Disease or Syndrome [T047]
Concept Terms:
- Vitamin D Deficiency [T043298]
- Vitamin D Deficiencies [T043297]

Qualifiers:

blood [Q000097] ; cerebrospinal fluid [Q000134] ; chemically induced [Q000139] ; classification [Q000145] ; complications [Q000150] ; congenital [Q000151] ; diagnosis [Q000175] ; diet therapy [Q000178] ; drug therapy [Q000188] ; economics [Q000191] ; embryology [Q000196] ; enzymology [Q000201] ; epidemiology [Q000453] ; ethnology [Q000208] ; etiology [Q000209] ; genetics [Q000235] ; history [Q000266] ; immunology [Q000276] ; metabolism [Q000378] ; microbiology [Q000382] ; mortality [Q000401] ; nursing [Q000451] ; parasitology [Q000469] ; pathology [Q000473] ; physiopathology [Q000503] ; prevention & control [Q000517] ; psychology [Q000523] ; radiography [Q000530] ; radionuclide imaging [Q000531] ; radiotherapy [Q000532] ; rehabilitation [Q000534] ; surgery [Q000601] ; therapy [Q000628] ; ultrasonography [Q000736] ; urine [Q000652] ; veterinary [Q000662] ; virology [Q000821]

Tree Structure:

Diseases [C ]
- Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18 , D009750]
  - Nutrition Disorders [C18.654 , D009748]
    - Malnutrition [C18.654.521 , D044342]
      - Deficiency Diseases [C18.654.521.500 , D003677]
        
        Avitaminosis [C18.654.521.500.133 , D001361]
        
        Vitamin D Deficiency [C18.654.521.500.133.770, D014808]
        
        Osteomalacia [C18.654.521.500.133.770.496, D010018]
        
        Rickets [C18.654.521.500.133.770.734, D012279]