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Vitamin A deficiency, a potential threat to sight in transplant recipients

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Title: Vitamin A deficiency, a potential threat to sight in transplant recipients

Authors: Fatema Ali Lanewala

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

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Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 2023

Volume: 73

Issue: 10

Language: en

DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.23-78

Categories
Transplantation (240) Immunocompromised (2) Nutrition (11542) Vitamin Deficiency (8) Ophthalmology (4490)

Abstract

Vitamin A (Vit A or Retinol) is an essential nutrient for proper human body functioning including embryogenesis, vision, cell proliferation and differentiation, immune regulation, and glucose and lipid metabolism. It is mainly acquired through diet rich in Retinol or Retinyl esters; or its precursors like carotenoids, Provitamin A, and beta carotene.1,2
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