Schistosomiasis
Vitamin A status in different stages of schistosomal cases and the effectiveness
of oral vitamin A therapy.
Abdelgani SM; Hussein L; Shaaban S
Z Ernahrungswiss 1990 Dec;29(4):249-55 Thirty bilharzial patients
were studied for their vitamin A status. Of the patients, 30% were found
to have low-fasting serum retinol level below the acceptable level of
20 micrograms/dl and one-third were presented with night blindness. Oral
vitamin A therapy was effective in correcting the vitamin A deficiency
among this group of patients.
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