Open AccessNo improvement in suboptimal vitamin A status with a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of vitamin A supplementation in children with sickle cell disease
Author(s) -
Kelly A. Dougherty,
Joan I. Schall,
Deborah A. Kawchak,
Michael H. Green,
Kwaku OheneFrempong,
Babette S. Zemel,
Virginia A. Stallings
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.112.035725
Subject(s) - placebo , medicine , vitamin , retinol , retinyl palmitate , vitamin a deficiency , population , vitamin d and neurology , endocrinology , gastroenterology , pathology , environmental health , alternative medicine
Suboptimal vitamin A status is prevalent in children with type SS sickle cell disease (SCD-SS) and is associated with hospitalizations and poor growth and hematologic status. The supplemental vitamin A dose that optimizes suboptimal vitamin A status in this population is unknown.
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