riboflavin deficiency การใช้

In riboflavin deficiency, the " curled toes " is a characteristic symptom.
Differential diagnosis include riboflavin deficiency and avian encephalomyelitis.
Therefore, riboflavin deficiency is sometimes called " pellagra sine pellagra " ( pellagra without pellagra ), because it causes stomatitis but not widespread peripheral skin lesions characteristic of niacin deficiency.
Due to interference with iron absorption, even mild to moderate riboflavin deficiency results in an anemia with normal cell size and normal hemoglobin content ( i . e . normochromic normocytic anemia ).
In 1999, a study found that 17.8 % of males and 22.4 % of females examined in Saudi Arabia suffered from low glutathione reductase activity due to riboflavin deficiency.