HYPERVITAMINEMIA A IN THE RECOVERY STAGE OF VARIOUS DISEASES
Authors: F. Steigmann, K. A. Meyer, H. Popper
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1945)

Article1 June 1945HYPERVITAMINEMIA A IN THE RECOVERY STAGE OF VARIOUS DISEASESF. STEIGMANN, M.S., M.D., F.A.C.P., K. A. MEYER, M.D., F.A.C.S., H. POPPER, M.D., PH.D., F.A.C.P.F. STEIGMANN, M.S., M.D., F.A.C.P., K. A. MEYER, M.D., F.A.C.S., H. POPPER, M.D., PH.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-22-6-832 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptVarious investigators have found that following a transitory stage of hypo- or avitaminemia-A at the height of the disease the blood vitamin A level rises in the convalescent stage to higher levels than normal and returns to the normal level some time after complete recovery. Such behavior has been described in the convalescent stage of acute hepatitis,1, 2, 3, 4in the recovery stage of pneumonia,2, 3, 4, 5and in febrile conditions.4, 6, 7Since this occurrence appeared of clinical interest, the present study was undertaken to determine the incidence, significance and specificity of this phenomenon and its relation...Bibliography1. CLAUSENMCCOORD SWAB: Carotinoids and vitamin A of blood, Jr. Pediat., 1938, xiii, 635-650. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. BREESEMCCOORD BBAB: Vitamin A absorption in catarrhal jaundice, Jr. Pediat., 1940, xvi, 139-145. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. LINDQVIST T: Studien über das Vitamin A beim Menschen, Acta med. Scandin., suppl. 97, 1938. Google Scholar4. POPPERSTEIGMANN HF: Clinical significance of plasma vitamin A level, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1943, cxxiii, 1108-1114. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. JOSEPHS HW: Studies on vitamin A; vitamin A and total lipid of serum in pneumonia, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1943, lxv, 712-727. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. 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