Markedly Delayed Night Blindness Due to Vitamin A Insufficiency Secondary to Bowel Resection

Vasileia Chatzistergiou; Aude Ambresin; François-Xavier Borruat

doi:10.1055/a-1354-5816

Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2021; 238(04): 428-430
DOI: 10.1055/a-1354-5816

Der interessante Fall

Markedly Delayed Night Blindness Due to Vitamin A Insufficiency Secondary to Bowel Resection

Deutlich verzögerte Nachtblindheit aufgrund einer Vitamin-A-Insuffizienz nach Darmresektion

Vasileia Chatzistergiou

¹Ophthalmology, RétinElysée, Lausanne, Switzerland

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Aude Ambresin

¹Ophthalmology, RétinElysée, Lausanne, Switzerland

²Ophthalmology, Clinique de Montchoisi Centre C, Lausanne, Switzerland

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François-Xavier Borruat

³Department of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, Hôpital Ophtalmique Jules-Gonin, Lausanne, Switzerland

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