[Vitamin A serum level in children with visceral leishmaniasis]. / Nível sérico da vitamina A em crianças portadoras de leishmaniose visceral.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
; 34(4): 381-4, 2001.
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Vitamin A is considered an anti-infectious disease vitamin, and its deficiency is associated with severe infections such as in measles. In developing countries the low concentrations of vitamin A are a public health problem. The aim of this study is to describe serum vitamin A concentrations among children with visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Blood sample was collected from 22 children with VL, and stored in a freezer, 9 siblings, with no clinical signs of the VL patients had their blood collected for a control group. Samples were assayed by high performance liquid chromatography. The median vitamin A concentration in the LV group was 21.38 microg/100ml and in the control group it was 31.39 microg/100. The mean in the LV was statistically lower than in the control group, using Student's t test, p<0.01.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vitamina A
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Leishmaniose Visceral
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil