Open AccessHigh prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in Crohn's disease patients according to serum retinol levels and the relative dose-response test
Author(s) -
Marcia SoaresMota,
Tianny A Silva,
Luanda M Gomes,
Marco Antonio S. Pinto,
Laura Maria Carvalho de Mendonça,
Maria Lúcia Fleiuss Farias,
Tiago Nunes,
Andréa Ramalho,
Cyrla Zaltman
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v21.i5.1614
Subject(s) - retinol , medicine , vitamin , vitamin a deficiency , gastroenterology , vitamin d deficiency , crohn's disease , vitamin d and neurology , endocrinology , disease
To assess the vitamin A status of patients with Crohn's disease (CD) by evaluating serum retinol levels and the relative dose response (RDR) test (liver retinol stores).