{"id":6315,"date":"2012-03-21T00:39:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T04:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/?p=6315"},"modified":"2013-05-21T18:18:27","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T22:18:27","slug":"vitamin-nutrient-deficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2012\/03\/vitamin-nutrient-deficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutrient Deficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"
Every medical student in the last fifty years has been tested at least once on the basics of nutrient deficiency. At the risk of being overly pedantic:<\/p>\n
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Nutrient<\/strong><\/td>\nCellular mechanism<\/strong><\/td>\n | Deficiency<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Biotin<\/td>\n | Fatty Acid Synthesis<\/td>\n | Alopecia, dermatosis, dry skin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Chromium<\/td>\n | Improves glucose tolerance<\/td>\n | Hyperglycemia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Copper<\/td>\n | Enzyme cofactor, hematopoiesis, bone formation<\/td>\n | Refractory iron repletion, hypochromic anemia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Folate<\/td>\n | Homocysteine, purine, and pyrimidine metabolism, maturation of RBC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<\/td>\n | Hypercholesterolemia, anemia, hyperpigmentation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Omega-6 fatty acids<\/td>\n | Prostaglandin synthesis, membrane integrity<\/td>\n | Poor wound healing, increased infection rate, dermatosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Selenium<\/td>\n | Glutathione precursor,\u00c2\u00a0 component of thyroid hormone iodinase<\/td>\n | Cardiomyopathy (Keshan disease)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Zinc<\/td>\n | Enzyme cofactor, wound healing<\/td>\n | Glossitis, dermatosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | <\/p>\n |