Talk:Biotin deficiency

Article categorization
This article was initially categorized based on scheme outlined at WP:DERM:CAT. kilbad (talk) 23:07, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

References a mess
What is here is a mess. The numbered refs (1-16) are incomplete. After those there is a long list, not numbered, alphabetical, and in all likelihood copied from another source. Some of these are duplicates of the initial 1-16.David notMD (talk) 15:53, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Reference 16 to biotin deficiency in pregnancy is inaccurate. There is no mention of biotin levels in pregnant patients in the cited publication. The study is a trial of bioavailability of biotin in IV and oral formulations and in fact pregnant patients were excluded from the study. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.131.10.133 (talk) 00:18, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Possible References Section
I have gone through the article and added references. Can the "possible references" section at the bottom of the page hence be deleted now? Or should it be left there anyway? BennBluee (talk) 02:43, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Egg whites leading to biotin deficiency
There is no source supporting the assertion that consuming raw egg whites can lead to a biotin deficiency. If it is true that avidin binds to biotin and raw egg whites contain a great amount of avidin, then it could be logical to think that consuming raw egg whites could lead to a deficiency in biotin. However, there is no evidence cited in this article to support that assertion. Without specific evidence, this is not an appropriate point to make in this article. It detracts from the nature of biotin deficiency as a rare genetic disease. PalaceofthePopes (talk) 22:00, 17 January 2024 (UTC)