Vitamin A deficiency

Introduction: Vitamin A deficiency

Description of Vitamin A deficiency

Vitamin A deficiency (medical condition): Dietary deficiency of vitamin A.

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Vitamin A deficiency: condition due to a deficiency of vitamin A.
Source: Diseases Database

Vitamin A deficiency: condition due to a deficiency of vitamin A.
Source: CRISP

Vitamin A deficiency: A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN A in the diet, characterized by NIGHT BLINDNESS and other ocular manifestations such as dryness of the conjunctiva and later of the cornea (XEROPHTHALMIA). Vitamin A deficiency is a very common problem worldwide, particularly in developing countries as a consequence of famine or shortages of vitamin A-rich foods. In the United States it is found among the urban poor, the elderly, alcoholics, and patients with malabsorption. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1179).
Source: MeSH 2007

Vitamin A deficiency: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Vitamin A deficiency:

• Vitamin A
• Vitamin
• Deficiency
• Deficiency disease

Vitamin A deficiency: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Vitamin A deficiency is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Vitamin A deficiency, or a subtype of Vitamin A deficiency, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Vitamin A deficiency as a Disease

Vitamin A deficiency (medical condition): See Vitamin A deficiency (disease information).
  »Introduction: Vitamin A deficiency
  »Symptoms of Vitamin A deficiency
  »Causes of Vitamin A deficiency
  »Treatments for Vitamin A deficiency

Vitamin A deficiency: Related Diseases

Vitamin A deficiency: Vitamin A deficiency is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Vitamin deficiency
• Eye conditions

More information on medical condition: Vitamin A deficiency:

• Information about Vitamin A deficiency
• Basic Summary for Vitamin A deficiency
• Causes of Vitamin A deficiency
• Symptoms of Vitamin A deficiency
• Complications of Vitamin A deficiency
• Treatments for Vitamin A deficiency
• Prevention of Vitamin A deficiency

Vitamin A deficiency: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Vitamin A deficiency:

• retinoic acid
• retinol
• beta carotene
• Aquasol A
• Palmitate-A
• Oleovitamin A
• carotenoids
• provitamin A
• 11-cis -retinol
• vision
• dark adaptation
• nyctalopia
• retinol-binding protein
• RBP
• cellular retinol-binding protein

Terms associated with Vitamin A deficiency:

Terms Similar to Vitamin A deficiency:

• Xerotic Keratitis
• Keratomalacia
• Night Blindness
• Retinol Deficiency

Source - NIH

Related Topics

• Night Blindness
• Xerophthalmia

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Vitamin A deficiency

• Avitaminosis

Source - MeSH 2007

• vitamin deficiency

Source - CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Vitamin A deficiency:

• keratomalacia
• retinoid
• xerophthalmia

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Vitamin A deficiency

The following list attempts to classify Vitamin A deficiency into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
  • Nutrition Disorders
    • Malnutrition
      • Deficiency Diseases
        • Avitaminosis
          • Vitamin A Deficiency

External links related to: Vitamin A deficiency

• Vitamin A for treating measles in children (Cochrane Review)
• Vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy (Cochrane Review)
• eMedicine - Avitaminosis A : Article by Robert A Schwartz, MD, MPH
• eMedicine - Vitamin A Deficiency : Article by Jigna Thakore, MD

Source: Diseases Database

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