Keratomalacia on a 'healthy diet'.
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The case is described of a 39-year-old man with previously undiagnosed chronic schizophrenia and with bilateral keratomalacia secondary to his bizarre diet. He presented with a perforation of the right cornea which required an emergency penetrating keratoplasty. The difficulties of clinical management of a patient with an overt psychosis and the use of serum retinol levels to monitor treatment are described. Causes of vitamin A deficiency seen in Great Britain are discussed.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of ophthalmology
دوره 70 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1986