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Vitamin B-complex deficiency and visual acuity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2008

Malathi Damodaran ,
K. V. Rameshwar Sarma ,
Achmad Tiar  and
A. Nadamuni Naidu
Malathi Damodaran
Affiliation:
National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai Osmania, Hyderabad – 500 007, India
K. V. Rameshwar Sarma
Affiliation:
National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai Osmania, Hyderabad – 500 007, India
Achmad Tiar
Affiliation:
National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai Osmania, Hyderabad – 500 007, India
A. Nadamuni Naidu
Affiliation:
National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai Osmania, Hyderabad – 500 007, India
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Abstract

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1. A study was carried out on 973 school children to find out any relationship between vitamin B-complex deficiency signs and defective vision, and the effect of supplementation of B-complex vitamins on visual acuity.

2. The results of the study showed a significant association between presence of clinical signs of vitamin B-complex deficiency and defective vision.

3. Supplementation with vitamin B-complex was found to have beneficial effect in improving the visual-acuity status of defective children and in preventing visual defects from developing.

4. It is concluded, therefore, that from the present study it appears that the relationship between vitamin B-complex deficiency and visual defects could be one of ‘cause and effect’.

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Type
Papers of direct relevance to Clinical and Human Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , January 1979 , pp. 27 - 30
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1979

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