Northern infant syndrome: a deficiency state?
A syndrome is described that affected 16 Indian and Inuit infants roughly 3 months old, most of whom were born in settlements in the Canadian Arctic. The infants presented with a clinical picture that included hepatitis, hemolytic anemia, rickets and respiratory distress, a combination that resemble...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:1483275 2023-05-15T15:01:42+02:00 Northern infant syndrome: a deficiency state? Godel, J C Hart, A G 1984-08-01 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1483275 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6547633 en eng http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1483275 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6547633 Research Article Text 1984 ftpubmed 2013-08-31T02:33:13Z A syndrome is described that affected 16 Indian and Inuit infants roughly 3 months old, most of whom were born in settlements in the Canadian Arctic. The infants presented with a clinical picture that included hepatitis, hemolytic anemia, rickets and respiratory distress, a combination that resembled a syndrome first described in malnourished infants at the turn of the century by von Jaksch and Luzet. The clinical course was self-limited, and all the infants survived without sequelae. The cause of the syndrome was not determined; no infectious agents were discovered. However, low levels of vitamins A, C, D and E were found in a few infants in whom assays were done. The implications of these findings and their relation to the possible cause of this "northern infant syndrome" are discussed. Text Arctic inuit PubMed Central (PMC) Arctic Indian |
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A syndrome is described that affected 16 Indian and Inuit infants roughly 3 months old, most of whom were born in settlements in the Canadian Arctic. The infants presented with a clinical picture that included hepatitis, hemolytic anemia, rickets and respiratory distress, a combination that resembled a syndrome first described in malnourished infants at the turn of the century by von Jaksch and Luzet. The clinical course was self-limited, and all the infants survived without sequelae. The cause of the syndrome was not determined; no infectious agents were discovered. However, low levels of vitamins A, C, D and E were found in a few infants in whom assays were done. The implications of these findings and their relation to the possible cause of this "northern infant syndrome" are discussed. |
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