Serum levels and liver store of retinol and their association with night blindness in individuals with class III obesity

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 602-608

  Pereira, Silvia Elaine ^a   Saboya, Carlos José ^b   Saunders, Cláudia ^a   Ramalho, Andrea ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b American College of Surgeons   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Class III obesity; Indicators; Liver store; Night blindness; Sensitivity; Serum retinol; Specificity; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; RETINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; XEROPHTHALMIA; BLOOD; BRAZIL; LIVER; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; PREVALENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY, MORBID; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 84861799208     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-011-0522-y     Document Type: Article

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