Nutritional deficiency disease

MONDO:0006873

A condition produced by dietary or metabolic deficiency. The term includes all diseases caused by an insufficient supply of essential nutrients, i.e., protein (or amino acids), vitamins, and minerals. It also includes an inadequacy of calories. (From Dorland, 27th ed; Stedman, 25th ed)

Also known as: malnourished, malnutrition

508 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types, 235 tagged with Nutritional deficiency disease itself.

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Sub-types of Nutritional deficiency disease

Vitamin deficiency disorder 9 trials · 135 incl. sub-types
8 sub-types
- Vitamin D deficiency 89 trials
- Vitamin B deficiency 0 trials · 17 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Scurvy 13 trials
- Vitamin A deficiency 9 trials
- Inborn vitamin metabolic disorder 0 trials · 7 incl. sub-types Sub-types →
- Vitamin K deficiency hemorrhagic disease 2 trials
- Nutritional biotin deficiency 0 trials
- Vitamin deficiency related neuropathy 0 trials
Iron deficiency anemia 123 trials
Protein-energy malnutrition 34 trials
2 sub-types
- Kwashiorkor 7 trials
- Marasmus 1 trial
Folic acid deficiency anemia 5 trials
Magnesium deficiency 5 trials
Endemic goiter 4 trials
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome 1 trial
1 sub-type
- Alcohol-induced Wernicke-Korsakoff's syndrome 0 trials
Choline deficiency disease 1 trial
Pernicious anemia 1 trial
Potassium deficiency 1 trial
Keshan disease 0 trials
Acquired night blindness 0 trials
Ariboflavinosis 0 trials
1 sub-type
- Maternal riboflavin deficiency 0 trials
Pellagra 0 trials

Most studied deeper sub-types

Vitamin B12 deficiency (12) Methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria type cblC (3) Vitamin D hydroxylation-deficient rickets, type 1B (3) Beriberi (2) Methylcobalamin deficiency type cblE (2) Methylcobalamin deficiency type cblG (2) Methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria type cblD (2) Methylmalonic aciduria, cblA type (2) Cerebral folate deficiency (1) Familial isolated deficiency of vitamin E (1) Hereditary intrinsic factor deficiency (1) Inborn disorder of cobalamin metabolism and transport (1) Methylmalonic acidemia with homocystinuria, type cblJ (1) Methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria (1) Methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria type cblF (1) Methylmalonic aciduria, cblB type (1) Neurodegenerative syndrome due to cerebral folate transport deficiency (1) Transcobalamin II deficiency (1) Disorders of vitamin D metabolism (0) Dry beriberi (0)

Including sub-types (508) Tagged with Nutritional deficiency disease (235)

Trials to join now! 76 Not yet recruiting 33 Not yet finished but already full! 42 Completed 82 Terminated 2

Nutritional deficiency disease

Where it sits in the disease tree

Most studied deeper sub-types

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