Night blindness, vitamin A deficiency, and isotretinoin psychotoxicity

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 188-189

  Danby, F William ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTRETINOIN; RETINOL; RHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TOXICITY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG BINDING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MALABSORPTION; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 3142615309     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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