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      Xerophthalmie bei Leberzirrhose

      case-report
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      Ophthalmologica
      S. Karger AG
      Xerophthalmia, Xerosis, Vitamin A deficiency, Alcoholism, Cirrhosis, Liver

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          Abstract

          The clinical features of xerophthalmia are described in a 60-year-old patient, who was known to have alcoholic cirrhosis. In this patient, vitamin A deficiency, which presumably had been overlooked for 15 years, was confirmed by determination of the serum vitamin A level. After substitutive vitamin A therapy, superficial punctate keratitis and conjunctival xerosis disappeared completely. Although xerophthalmia has only sporadically been described in developed countries, we point out that the possibility of a vitamin A deficiency should also be considered in cases of recurrent conjunctival and corneal lesions.

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          Journal
          OPH
          Ophthalmologica
          10.1159/issn.0030-3755
          Ophthalmologica
          S. Karger AG
          0030-3755
          1423-0267
          1992
          1992
          31 March 2010
          : 204
          : 2
          : 63-66
          Affiliations
          Universitäts-Klinik für Augenheilkunde, Innsbruck, Österreich
          Article
          310270 Ophthalmologica 1992;204:63–66
          10.1159/000310270
          1594182
          530cbbe1-7d7d-42cd-b348-6767bdaca432
          © 1992 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          History
          : 22 September 1991
          : 30 September 1991
          Page count
          Pages: 4
          Categories
          Original Paper

          Vision sciences,Ophthalmology & Optometry,Pathology
          Cirrhosis,Xerophthalmia,Vitamin A deficiency,Alcoholism,Xerosis,Liver

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