Vitamin A and infection: public health implications
KP West Jr, GR Howard, A Sommer - Annual review of nutrition, 1989 - annualreviews.org
KP West Jr, GR Howard, A Sommer
Annual review of nutrition, 1989•annualreviews.orgAnimal models of vitamin A (VA) deficiency have revealed pervasive, multisystem
involvement, that in many ways mirrored classic descriptions of human VA deficiency
described around the tum of this century. Clinical and, later, epidemiologic attention initially
focused on the dramatic ocular effects of VA deficiency (xerophthalmia) and its magnitude,
now estimated to affect five million and blind 250,000 children in Asia alone each year (135,
159).
involvement, that in many ways mirrored classic descriptions of human VA deficiency
described around the tum of this century. Clinical and, later, epidemiologic attention initially
focused on the dramatic ocular effects of VA deficiency (xerophthalmia) and its magnitude,
now estimated to affect five million and blind 250,000 children in Asia alone each year (135,
159).
Animal models of vitamin A (VA) deficiency have revealed pervasive, multisystem involvement, that in many ways mirrored classic descriptions of human VA deficiency described around the tum of this century. Clinical and, later, epidemiologic attention initially focused on the dramatic ocular effects of VA deficiency (xerophthalmia) and its magnitude, now estimated to affect five million and blind 250,000 children in Asia alone each year (135, 159).
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