Vitamin A Deficiency Presenting as Unexplained Visual Loss to Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinic (.pdf)

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Identifier 20160301_nanos_posters_152
Title Vitamin A Deficiency Presenting as Unexplained Visual Loss to Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinic (.pdf)
Creator Yair Ivanir, Lindsey B. De Lott, Wayne T. Cornblath
Subject Vitamin A, Deficiency, Vision loss
Description Vitamin A is fat soluble nutrient, essential for conjunctival and corneal epithelial cells, retinal photo-transduction, and RPE cell viability. Vitamin A deficiency can cause night blindness, retinopathy and xerophthalmia. More common in developing countries due to malnutrition than in developed countries, where it is usually secondary to malabsorption. We present here a case series of vitamin A deficiency patients, presenting as unexplained visual loss to our neuro-ophthalmology clinic. We characterize the precipitating factors, demographics and workup leading to diagnosis and treatment.
Date 2016-03-01
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation application.pdf
Type Text
Source 2016 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting 2016: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2016. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6fb88sn
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Contributor Primary Yair Ivanir
Contributor Secondary Lindsey B. De Lott, Wayne T. Cornblath
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 185165
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fb88sn