"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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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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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.