"Vitamin A Deficiency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN A in the diet, characterized by NIGHT BLINDNESS and other ocular manifestations such as dryness of the conjunctiva and later of the cornea (XEROPHTHALMIA). Vitamin A deficiency is a very common problem worldwide, particularly in developing countries as a consequence of famine or shortages of vitamin A-rich foods. In the United States it is found among the urban poor, the elderly, alcoholics, and patients with malabsorption. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1179)
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D014802
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.521.500.133.628
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| Concept/Terms |
Vitamin A Deficiency- Vitamin A Deficiency
- Deficiency, Vitamin A
- Deficiencies, Vitamin A
- Vitamin A Deficiencies
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Marek S, Forbes G, Avery RA, Zanganeh T, Davidson S, DeCarlo E, Kumar P, Hammersmith K. Potential blindness from nutritional xerophthalmia in autistic patients. J AAPOS. 2023 08; 27(4):198.e1-198.e4.
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Ahenda P, Washburn DJ, Colwell B, Lee S, Gwarzo I, Kellstedt DK, Maddock JE. Shifts in Social Determinants of Vitamin A Supplementation Among Children Under Five in Kenya, 2003-2014. Matern Child Health J. 2023 Jul; 27(7):1284-1292.
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Choi S, Pandit S, Patil SA, Brodie SE. Documentation of recovery from vitamin A deficiency-related retinopathy via multimodal imaging and electroretinogram testing. Doc Ophthalmol. 2022 10; 145(2):157-162.
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Lin P, Fintelmann RE, Khalifa YM, Bailony MR, Jeng BH. Ocular surface disease secondary to vitamin A deficiency in the developed world: it still exists. Arch Ophthalmol. 2011 Jun; 129(6):798-9.
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Rothkopf MM. Reversible neurologic dysfunction caused by severe vitamin deficiency after malabsorptive bariatric surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2006 Nov-Dec; 2(6):656-60.
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Suan EP, Bedrossian EH, Eagle RC, Laibson PR. Corneal perforation in patients with vitamin A deficiency in the United States. Arch Ophthalmol. 1990 Mar; 108(3):350-3.
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Klein-Szanto AJ, Martin D, Sega M. Hyperkeratinization and hyperplasia of the forestomach epithelium in vitamin A deficient rats. Virchows Arch B Cell Pathol Incl Mol Pathol. 1982; 40(3):387-94.
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Klein-Szanto AJ, Nettesheim P, Pine A, Martin D. Distribution and ultrastructural characteristics of dark cells in squamous metaplasias of the respiratory tract epithelium. Am J Pathol. 1981 May; 103(2):263-70.
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Klein-Szanto AJ, Clark JN, Martin DH. Sexual differences in the distribution of epithelial alterations in vitamin A-deficient rats. Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 1980; 50(1):61-9.
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Wellenreiter RH, Ullrey DE, Miller ER, Magee WT. Vitamin A activity of corn carotenes for swine. J Nutr. 1969 Oct; 99(2):129-36.