These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Ocular manifestation of vitamin A deficiency among Orang asli (Aborigine) children in Malaysia.
    Author: Ngah NF, Moktar N, Isa NH, Selvara S, Yusof MS, Sani HA, Hasan ZA, Kadir RA.
    Journal: Asia Pac J Clin Nutr; 2002; 11(2):88-91. PubMed ID: 12074186.
    Abstract:
    This study determined the prevalence of ocular manifestation of vitamin A deficiency in Orang Asli (Aborigine) children. Night blindness was found in 16.0% of the children, conjunctiva xerosis in 57.3%, Bitot's spot in 2.8%, corneal xerosis in 0.5% and corneal scars in 5.6%. These findings show that history of night blindness had sensitivity, specificity and predictive value (positive) of 47.2, 98.1 and 96.2%, respectively, compared with the standard diagnosis procedure using luxometer readings.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]