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Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Clinically Important ... Beri-beri, Wernicke-Korsakoff ... syndrome • Riboflavin ... B12 - Anaemia, ... signs #symptoms #nutrition
Wernicke's Encephalopathy vs Korsakoff Syndrome - Thiamine Deficiency

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a neurological condition due to longstanding
B1) deficiency, ... ataxia (broad-based gait ... and retrograde amnesia ... #vitaminB1 #B1 # ... #comparison #neurology
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
oculomotor dysfunction, gait ... ataxia), Korsakoff ... syndrome (amnesia ... • Vitamin B12 ... #nutrition #table
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
dysfunction (e.g. gait ... development of Korsakoff ... syndrome (chronic ... B1 deficiency) ... Diagnosis #Management #neurology
The Inhibited Pathway caused by N2O, leading to a decrease in the active form of Vitamin
- Vitamin B12 ... a syndrome identical ... B12 deficiency. ... The classic clinical ... of pernicious anemia
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin ... • Common Causes ... intrinsic factor, IF) Clinical ... parasthesias, gait ... #management #nutrition
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Vitamin C deficiency ... • Pernicious anemia ... /B12 deficiency ... ) - Waddling gait ... Phosphatase: • Other causes
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
group of disorders caused ... Platelet Disorders • Nutritional ... : vitamin B12 or ... folic acid deficiency ... treatments • Copper deficiency
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... Causes of spinal ... , and HIV) - Vitamin ... B12, Copper deficiency ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... antibodies • Nutritional ... Deficiency: - ... Vitamin B12, E, ... diagnosis #management #neurology