Biotin deficiency as a complication of incomplete parenteral nutrition.
1981
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MeSH Term
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D010288
Parenteral Nutrition
The administering of nutrients for assimilation and utilization by a patient who cannot maintain adequate nutrition by enteral feeding alone. Nutrients are administered by a route other than the alimentary canal (e.g., intravenously, subcutaneously).
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001710
Biotin
A water-soluble, enzyme co-factor present in minute amounts in every living cell. It occurs mainly bound to proteins or polypeptides and is abundant in liver, kidney, pancreas, yeast, and milk.