Improvement in visual function and fundus findings for a patient with vitamin A-deficient retinopathy

Retina

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 650-652

  Apushkin, Marsha A ^a   Fishman, Gerald A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Illinois Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Nyctalopia; Treatment; Vitamin A deficiency; Yellowish white spots

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FOLIC ACID; RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RETINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MIDDLE AGED; NIGHT BLINDNESS; RETINAL DISEASES; VISUAL ACUITY; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 23044480031     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200507000-00016     Document Type: Article

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