A double blind comparative study of effect of single high dose versus daily low dose of vitamin A on prolonged diarrhea in Senegal [3];Effet sur la diarrhée persistante d’une supplémentation systématique en vitamine A au Sénégal : Dose unique élevée versus petites doses quotidiennes

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 975-976

  Sylla, A ^a   Donnen, P ^b   N'diaye O ^a   Diouf' S ^a   Fall, L ^a   Diouf, C S ^a   Gueye, M ^a   Sall, M G ^a   Kuakuvi, N ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar   (Senegal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diarrhea, infantile; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; SENEGAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; SENEGAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0036739736     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-693X(02)00028-3     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. WHO. Vitamin A deficiency and its consequences. A field guide to detection and control. 3rd ed. Geneva: WHO; 1995.
2. Rahmathullah L, Underwood BA, Thulasiraj RD, Milton RC. Diarrhea, respiratory infections, and growth are not affected by a weekly low dose vitamin A supplement: a masked, controlled field trial in children in southern India. Am J Clin Nutr 1991;54:568-77.
3. Donnen P, Dramaix M, Brasseur D, Bitwe R, Vertongen F, Hennart P. Randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial of the effect of a single high dose or daily low doses of vitamin A on the morbidity of hospitalized malnourished children. Am J Nutr 1998;68:1254-60.
4. De Onis M, Monteiro C, Akre J, Clugston G. The worldwide magnitude of protein-energy malnutrition: on overview from the who global data base on child growth. Bull Who 1993;71:703-12.