Relationship between acute diarrhoea and low plasma levels of vitamin A and retinol binding protein Relação entre diarréia aguda e baixos níveis plasmáticos de vitamina A e proteína carregadora de retinol (RBP)

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez, Maria José Roncada, Julio Toporovski, Eliza T. Okani, Donald Wilson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1996
• Subjects: Diarrhoea; Vitamin A; RBP; Hypovitaminosis A; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Aguda
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651996000500008; https://doaj.org/article/cdd2e9a9fc1c41b6a98ef2ac3374ddf4

The objective of this study was to assess vitamin A status and association between acute diarrhoea and plasma levels of vitamin A through cross-sectional comparison in children. Plasma vitamin A was measured by colorimetric method of Neeld & Pearson and RBP by radial immunodiffusion technique. S...