title: [Vitamins in pregnancy].
abstract: Vitamins are essential for the growth and normal function of human body. There are very few reports on vitamin A deficiency in pregnant women and newborn. Vitamin B complex includes various fractions essential to proper nutrition. The absence of vitamin C results Barlow disease in newborn. Vitamin D, the antirachitic Vitamin, is of great importance in safeguarding the mother and fetus from its relation to calcium and phosphorus metabolism. Vitamin E is also useful for the treatment of toxemia of pregnancy, intra-uterine growth retardation (IUGR), and neonatal jaundice. Vitamin K is well known for the protection of neonatal hemorrhage. The 6th recommended dietary allowances for Japanese in 1999 is shown in the table.
authors.affiliation: Division of OB-GYN, Kurashiki Medical Center.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000502:physiology*; D014815:Vitamins / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D014815:Vitamins