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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2024

Fat-Soluble Vitamins A, D, E, and K: Review of the Literature and Points of Interest for the Clinician.

Emmanuel Andrès, Noel Lorenzo-Villalba, Jean-Edouard Terrade, Manuel Méndez-Bailon

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Emmanuel AndrèsDépartement de Médecine Interne, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France.ORCID 0000-0002-7914-7616
Noel Lorenzo-VillalbaDépartement de Médecine Interne, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
Jean-Edouard TerradeDépartement de Médecine Interne, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
Manuel Méndez-BailonServicio de Medicina Interna, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital San Carlos, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0830-8897

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fat-soluble vitamins, including vitamins A, D, E, and K, are energy-free molecules that are essential to the body's functioning and life. Their intake is almost exclusively exogenous, i.e., dietary. As a result, fat-soluble vitamin deficiencies are rarer in industrialized countries than in countries with limited resources. Certain groups of people are particularly affected, such as newborns or growing children, pregnant or breastfeeding women, and elderly or isolated individuals. Deficiencies in vitamins A, D, E, and K are also relatively frequent in subjects with digestive tract disorders, liver diseases, chronic pathologies, or in intensive care patients. Deficiencies or excesses of fat-soluble vitamins are responsible for a variety of more or less specific clinical pictures. Certain syndromes are typical of fat-soluble vitamin deficiency, such as the combination of ophthalmological and immunity impairments in the case of vitamin A deficiency or hemorrhagic syndrome and osteopenia in the case of vitamin E deficiency. This is also the case for osteomalacia, muscular weakness, even falls, and rickets in the case of vitamin D deficiency. Diagnosis of a deficiency in one of the fat-soluble vitamins relies on blood tests, which are not always essential for routine use. In this context, a therapeutic test may be proposed. Treatment of deficiencies requires vitamin supplementation, a well-balanced diet, and treatment of the cause.

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deficiencydiagnosisetiologyfat-soluble vitaminsfunctionmetabolismtreatmentvitamin Avitamin Dvitamin Evitamin K

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PMID38999209
PMCPMC11242131

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