A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN K in the diet, characterized by an increased tendency to hemorrhage (HEMORRHAGIC DISORDERS). Such bleeding episodes may be particularly severe in newborn infants. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1182) [MeSH]
Deficiency of vitamin K | Phytonadione deficiency | Vitamin K deficiency | Vitamin K Deficiency | Deficiency, Vitamin K | Deficiencies, Vitamin K | Vitamin K Deficiencies
