"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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Maurya VK, Shakya A, Bashir K, Kushwaha SC, McClements DJ. Vitamin A fortification: Recent advances in encapsulation technologies. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf. 2022 05; 21(3):2772-2819.
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Wang P, Li Y, Xiao H, Shi Y, Le GW, Sun J. Isolation of lactobacillus reuteri from Peyer's patches and their effects on sIgA production and gut microbiota diversity. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2016 09; 60(9):2020-30.
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Spencer SP, Wilhelm C, Yang Q, Hall JA, Bouladoux N, Boyd A, Nutman TB, Urban JF, Wang J, Ramalingam TR, Bhandoola A, Wynn TA, Belkaid Y. Adaptation of innate lymphoid cells to a micronutrient deficiency promotes type 2 barrier immunity. Science. 2014 Jan 24; 343(6169):432-7.
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Ulbricht C, Basch E, Chao W, Conquer J, Costa D, Culwell S, Flanagan K, Guilford J, Hammerness P, Hashmi S, Isaac R, Rusie E, Serrano JM, Ulbricht C, Vora M, Windsor RC, Woloszyn M, Zhou S. An evidence-based systematic review of vitamin A by the natural standard research collaboration. J Diet Suppl. 2012 Dec; 9(4):299-416.
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Shearer KD, Fragoso YD, Clagett-Dame M, McCaffery PJ. Astrocytes as a regulated source of retinoic acid for the brain. Glia. 2012 Dec; 60(12):1964-76.
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Yamamoto M, Fujinuma M, Hirano S, Hayakawa Y, Clagett-Dame M, Zhang J, McCaffery P. Retinoic acid influences the development of the inferior olivary nucleus in the rodent. Dev Biol. 2005 Apr 15; 280(2):421-33.
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Haskell MJ, Islam MA, Handelman GJ, Peerson JM, Jones AD, Wahed MA, Mahalanabis D, Brown KH. Plasma kinetics of an oral dose of [2H4]retinyl acetate in human subjects with estimated low or high total body stores of vitamin A. Am J Clin Nutr. 1998 Jul; 68(1):90-5.
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Molrine DC, Polk DB, Ciamarra A, Phillips N, Ambrosino DM. Impaired human responses to tetanus toxoid in vitamin A-deficient SCID mice reconstituted with human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Infect Immun. 1995 Aug; 63(8):2867-72.