"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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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vitamin A Deficiency" by people in Profiles.
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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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Chou CM, Nelson C, Tarl? SA, Pribila JT, Bardakjian T, Woods S, Schneider A, Glaser T. Biochemical Basis for Dominant Inheritance, Variable Penetrance, and Maternal Effects in RBP4 Congenital Eye Disease. Cell. 2015 Apr 23; 161(3):634-646.
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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.