Term Name: | vitamin K deficiency bleeding |
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Synonyms: | deficiency of vitamin K, vitamin K deficiency, vitamin K deficiency hemorrhagic disease |
Definition: | A nutritional deficiency disease that is characterized by easy bleeding due to an inability to form blood clots caused by vitamin K deficiency, occurs most commonly in newborns, and has_material_basis_in deficiency of vitamin K secondary to liver prematurity, lack of vitamin K in a breastmilk diet, largely sterile gut, malabsorption, diarrhea, chronic illness, menorrhagia, chronic kidney disease, and some medications. |
Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:11249] ( DOID:11249 ) |