Vitamin K deficiency | |
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Specialty | Endocrinology |
Symptoms | bruising, petechiae, hematomas, oozing of blood at surgical or puncture sites, stomach pains, cartilage calcification, and severe malformation of developing bone or deposition of insoluble calcium salts in the walls of arteries. |
Causes | insufficient dietary vitamin K1 or vitamin K2 or both |
Medication | phytonadione |
Vitamin K deficiency results from insufficient dietary vitamin K1 or vitamin K2 or both.[1]
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