Abstract

GARCIA ALVAREZ, Hernán; GONZALEZ MESA, María Isabel; CABARGA HARO, Carmen  and  ALEGRE, Juan Ramón. Mild conjunctival and corneal xerosis due to vitamin A deficiency. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 1999, vol.12, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3070.

A descriptive study of a group of children aged 5-14 that attended the Ophthalmology Department of the Provincial Pediatric Hospital of Cienfuegos during months with xerophthalmia demostrated by the test of Conjunctival Impression Cytology was carried out. A detailled ophthalmological examination of adnexa and cornea was made, including the staining with fluorescein and the test of the of desintegration of the lacrimal pellicle. This group was related to other possible systemic caused by vitamin A deficiency. Only mild conjunctival and croneal xerosis was diagnosed. It was mostly associated with acute respiratory disease and intestinal parasitism

Keywords : XEROPHTHALMIA [diagnosis]; VITAMINA A DEFICIENCY; CHILD; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC [etiology]; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES [etiology].

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