background and aims. lichen planus is a relatively common mucocutaneous disease, with an unknown etiology. there is no complete cure for oral lichen planus (olp), but some drugs, including corticosteroids, retinoids, cyclosporine and antibiotics are commonly used for treatment of olp. the aim of the present study was to compare the effect of combination of triamcinolone and vitamin a mouthwash ...

serum level of zinc, copper, β-carotene, vitamin a, and concentrations of zn and cu in hoof of 97multiparous holstein dairy cows with different locomotion scores (lss) were evaluated. simultaneously, znand cu concentrations of close up, fresh and high yielding cattle rations were 77, 94, 75 and 31, 28, 22 ppm, respectively. based on lss, despite normal serum copper levels in all three groups, w...

objective(s):  the aim of this study was to prepare a nanosuspension formulation as a new vehicle for the improvement of the ocular delivery of vitamin a.  material and methods:   formulations were designed based on full factorial design. a high pressure homogenization technique was used to produce nanosuspensions. fifteen formulations were prepared by the use of different combinations of surfa...

conclusions considering that no significant difference was found in the proven vitamin a side effects, due to the increase in crp, frequent clinical and biochemical controls are required along with vitamin a supplementation. patients and methods this study was a double blind randomized clinical trial. in the main study, vitamin a (as retinyl palmitate) was given to 35 multiple sclerosis (ms) pa...

BACKGROUND A high hypovitaminosis D prevalence has repeatedly been reported in Middle Eastern countries. Previous data regarding the vitamin D status of young women in Saudi Arabia and the related hypovitaminosis D risk factors are scarce, so this research assessed hypovitaminosis D prevalence and its risk factors among apparently healthy female university students in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. MET...

in this investigation the effects of excess vitamin a administration during the early embryonic period were studied. intramuscular injection of a single dose of 15000,20000 or 25000 iu/kg vitamin a to pregnant balb/c strain mice on either day 7,8,9 or 10 of gestation (vaginal plug= day 0 of gestation) produced major malformations in the central nervous system (cns) including exencephaly, hydroc...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a widespread vitamin A supplementation programme and to describe indicators of compliance with the programme in Indonesia. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. Children's anthropometric data were gathered at baseline (June 2000) and 4 months later (2 months after supplementation in August 2000). Serum retinol, haemoglobin, ferri...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in children aged 6-9 years in northern Ethiopia. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out and the data were analysed for 824 (61.5%) of 1339 eligible children for whom there was complete information on biochemical vitamin A status, dietary vitamin A intake, ocular examination for xerophthalmia, and anthropometry. FINDINGS ...

Nadeem ur Rehman MBBS Faran Emmanuel MBBSMSc Saeed Akhtar PhD Country Office for Pakistan, UNODC; Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi, Pakistan; Epidemiology, Department of Community Medicine and Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, PO Box 24923, Safat 13110, Kuwait Correspondence to: Saeed Akhtar Email: [email protected]...

Vitamin A deficiencies in pregnancy may impair the health of the mother and the growth, development, and later health of her offspring. However, the understanding of the variability of micronutrient status markers during pregnancy is limited. We measured serum retinol and β-carotene and the acute phase proteins C-reactive protein (CRP) and α(1)-antichymotrypsin (ACT) in 738 pregnant women in a ...