| Infants and Children | Adolescents and Adults |
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| Lack of subcutaneous fat | Nasolabial sebaceous plugs | | Wrinkling of skin on light stroking | Sores at angles of mouth, cheilosis | | Poor muscle tone | Vincent's angina | | Pallor | Minimal changes in tongue color or texture | | Rough skin (toad skin) | Red, swollen lingual papillae | | Hemorrhage of newborn, vitamin K deficiency | Glossitis | | Bad posture | Papillary atrophy of tongue | | Nasal area is red and greasy | Stomatitis | | Sores at angles of mouth, cheilosis | Spongy, bleeding gums | | Rapid heartbeat | Muscle tenderness in extremities | | Red tongue | Poor muscle tone | | Square head, wrists enlarged, rib beading | Loss of vibratory sensation | | Vincent's angina, thrush | Increase or decrease of tendon reflexes | | Serious dental abnormalities | Hyperesthesia of skin | | Corneal and conjunctival changes | Purpura | | Dermatitis: facial butterfly, perineal, scrotal, vulval | | Thickening and pigmentation of skin over bony prominences | | Nonspecific vaginities | | Follicular hyperkeratosis of extensor surfaces of extremities | | Rachitic chest deformity | | Anemia not responding to iron | | Fatigue of visual accommodation | | Vascularization of cornea | | Conjunctival changes |
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SOURCE: Committee on Medical Nutrition, National Research Council, with permission.