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This answer is incorrect. Vitamin A deficiency presents with night blindness and xerophthalmia (risking corneal ulceration).
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d
Vitamin A
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This answer is correct. Swollen, bleeding gums and easy bruising are symptoms of scurvy which results from a deficiency in vitamin C.
10007416
a
Vitamin C
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This answer is incorrect. Vitamin D deficiency in adults causes osteomalacia, which presents with bone pain, fractures, and muscle weakness.
10007417
b
Vitamin D
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This answer is incorrect. Vitamin B1 deficiency can present with Wernicke's encephalopathy (confusion, ataxia and ophthalmoplegia, wet beriberi (high output cardiac failure) or dry beriberi (peripheral neuropathy).
10007420
e
Vitamin B1
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This answer is incorrect. Vitamin B3 deficiency causes pellagra which presents with the '3 D's' - diarrhoea, dermatitis and dementia.
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c
Vitamin B3
Concept
Chapter
2693
4594
Scurvy
Topic
180
Biochemistry
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A 45 year old man presents to his GP with swollen, bleeding gums and easy bruising. On further questioning, it is discovered that he does not eat a balanced diet.

Which of the following vitamin deficiencies is most likely in this patient?
a