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Keratomalacia
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Keratomalacia NOS
National Institutes of Health
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Corneal Diseases
Corneal degeneration
Malacia
Vitamin A Deficiency
Retinol Deficiency
Xerotic keratitis
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Review
1988
Review
1988
Geographic distribution of xerophthalmia in the state of Paraíba northeast Brazil
C. D. d'Ans
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J. Dricot
,
A. D. Diniz
,
J. G. Mariath
,
L. Santos
1988
Corpus ID: 71465977
The geographic distribution of xerophthalmia in the state of Paraiba, Northeast Brazil, was determined by a field survey of 5,426…
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1982
1982
Corneal xerophthalmia and keratomalacia.
A. Sommer
,
T. Sugana
A M A Archives of Ophthalmology
1982
Corpus ID: 3565767
Detailed examinations were conducted on 162 consecutive children with nutritional keratopathy. Surface changes ranged from mild…
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1980
1980
The effect of thermal burns on the release of collagenase from corneas of vitamin A--deficient and controls rats.
W. Seng
,
J. Glogowski
,
G. Wolf
,
M. Berman
,
K. Kenyon
,
T. Kiorpes
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
1980
Corpus ID: 1389919
A mild trauma in the form of a thermal burn was applied to corneas of vitamin A--deficient rats and their pair-fed controls. The…
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Review
1978
Review
1978
Hypovitaminosis A and its control.
B. Underwood
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
1978
Corpus ID: 19278008
Hypovitaminosis A is considered to be the most common cause of blindness in the developing countries but it is not possible to…
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1966
1966
Vitamin A deficiency in kwashiorkor.
S. Pereira
,
A. Begum
,
M. Dumm
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
1966
Corpus ID: 4437979
R EPORTS of vitamin A deficiency in children suffering from protein-calorie malnutrition indicate that the incidence varies in…
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1956
1956
Protein Deficiency in Keratomalacia *
Yap-Kie-Tiong
British Journal of Ophthalmology
1956
Corpus ID: 29695648
KERATOMALACIA iS still one of the most serious eye diseases in countries where malnutrition plays an important role. Up to the…
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1943
1943
KERATOSIS FOLLICULARIS: A STUDY OF FOUR CASES
A. Carleton
,
D. Steven
1943
Corpus ID: 71887885
In 1938 Peck 1 studied a case of Darier's disease in a man aged 25. It occurred to him that since the chief pathologic change is…
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1939
1939
LOCAL USE OF VITAMIN A PREPARATIONS IN OPHTHALMIC PRACTICE
S. Grósz
1939
Corpus ID: 72954919
The local application of vitamin A is of greater significance in the field of ophthalmology than is oral or intramuscular…
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1938
1938
COD LIVER OIL FOR THE LOCAL TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOUS PHARYNGITIS AND LARYNGITIS
A. L. Banyai
1938
Corpus ID: 72917718
A careful search of theQuarterly Cumulative Index Medicussince 1926 failed to reveal any publication in the literature dealing…
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1933
1933
PRODUCTION OF PIGMENT IN THE CONJUNCTIVA: IN NIGHT BLINDNESS, PREXEROSIS, XEROSIS AND KERATOMALACIA OF ADULTS
A. Pillat
1933
Corpus ID: 56584671
One of the most remarkable features in many cases of vitamin A deficiency in adults seen in the Orient is a peculiar brownish…
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