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- Title
Malabsorption of water miscible vitamin A in children with giardiasis and ascariasis.
- Authors
Mahalanabis, D; Simpson, T W; Chakraborty, M L; Ganguli, C; Bhattacharjee, A K; Mukherjee, K L
- Abstract
Vitamin A absorption was studied using a water-miscible oral preparation of vitamin A in 19 children ages 1 1/2 to 9 years old with giardiasis and/or ascariasis, both before and after their eradication with appropriate therapy, and in three children without parasites. Marked impairment of vitamin A absorption was noted when administered in a water miscible form in children with 1) combined infection with Giardia lamblia and Ascaris lumbricoides, 2) giardiasis alone, and 3) in a proportion of children with ascariasis alone. In children with both giardiasis and ascarasis eradication of the infections promptly lead to a significant improvement in vitamin A absorption and restored it to normal. Children with giardiasis alone also showed improved vitamin A absorption after therapy. In children with ascariasis alone successful therpay did not lead to a statistically significant improvement.
- Publication
The American journal of clinical nutrition, 1979, Vol 32, Issue 2, p313
- ISSN
0002-9165
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/ajcn/32.2.313