VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY IN DISEASE OF THE THYROID GLAND: ITS DETECTION BY DARK ADAPTATION1
- 1 March 1939
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Endocrinology
- Vol. 24 (3) , 389-396
- https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-24-3-389
Abstract
59 patients with various endocrinopathies and 30 non-endocrine controls were investigated for vit. A deficiency by means of the dark adaptation method. 26 cases with pituitary and adrenal disturbances gave variable results. 18 of 20 patients with thyrotoxicosis showed pathologic dark adaptation. Patients with autonomic imbalance on the borderline of hyperthyroidism (6 cases) showed normal dark adaptation. In 7 hypothyroid patients the dark adaptation was markedly pathologic. The data suggest that the thyroid hormone is essential for conversion of carotene and storage of vit. A.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- THE EFFECTS OF CAROTENEMIA ON THE FUNCTION OF THE THYROID AND THE LIVERThe Lancet Healthy Longevity, 1938