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CHRONIC VITAMIN A INTOXICATION
Author(s) -
Teo S. T.,
Newth J.,
Pascoe B. J.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1973.tb128180.x
Subject(s) - hypervitaminosis a , hypervitaminosis , vitamin , medicine , affect (linguistics) , vitamin d and neurology , physiology , chronic disease , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , psychology , endocrinology , retinol , communication
Chronic vitamin A intoxication affecting adolescents and adults is an uncommon condition which may affect many body systems and diagnosis may be difficult. We present an account of an adult female with chronic hypervitaminosis A, a condition which, as far as we are aware, has not previously been reported in Australia.