Chronic Hypervitaminosis A with Intracranial Hypertension and Low Cerebrospinal Fluid Concentration of Protein

1 October 1972

journal article
Published by SAGE Publications in Clinical Pediatrics

Vol. 11 (10) , 580-584
https://doi.org/10.1177/000992287201101011

Abstract

An unusually high dietary intake can lead to vitamin A intoxication. These two children had clinical and radiologic evidences of increased intracranial pressure and low cerebrospinal fluid protein concentrations.

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