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Vitamin A deficiency in Newfoundland

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Irish Journal of Medical Science (1926-1967)

Summary

  1. 1.

    Newfoundlanders as a people live on a diet deficient in fat-soluble and other vitamins.

  2. 2.

    Functional hemeralopia, not directly associated with beri-beri or scurvy, occurs amongst them. It is rapidly cured by foods rich in Vitamin A.

  3. 3.

    A similar condition, due to a failure in synthesis of rhodopsin, occurs in Vitamin A-starved rats.

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    No other condition seems definitely associated with Vitamin A deficiency in Newfoundland.

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Aykroyd, W.R. Vitamin A deficiency in Newfoundland. Ir J Med Sci 3, 161–165 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02953714

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