Multiple choice

Deficiency of Vitamin B6 in man causes

  1. Rickets

  2. Scurvy

  3. Beri-beri

  4. Anaemia
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Explanation

Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) deficiency can cause microcytic hypochromic anemia due to its essential role in heme synthesis. It can also cause neurological symptoms like confusion, depression, and seizures. Rickets is caused by vitamin D deficiency, scurvy by vitamin C deficiency, and beri-beri by thiamine (B1) deficiency.

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