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ReviewJournal of family medicine and primary care2022

Ophthalmic manifestations of nutritional deficiencies: A mini review.

Hashem Abu Serhan, Huthaifa W Alma'aitah, Sara Irshaidat, Muhammad Atif Ameer, Muhammad Sohaib Asghar, Muhammad Junaid Tahir

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Review in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. B Vitamins and Ocular Health.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026
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  6. Optometric challenges in Sierra Leone.Journal of global health · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Hashem Abu SerhanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Islamic Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
Huthaifa W Alma'aitahDepartment of Urology, Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
Sara IrshaidatDepartment of Pediatric, King Hussein Cancer Centre, Amman, Jordan.
Muhammad Atif AmeerDepartment of Medicine, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Weston-Super Mare, UK.
Muhammad Sohaib AsgharDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences-Ojha Campus, Karachi, Pakistan.
Muhammad Junaid TahirDepartment of Medicine, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Balanced nutrition is crucial for a healthy eye and vision. Many nutritional deficiencies can result in vision impairment. This article reviews the ocular manifestations of vitamin deficiencies, including vitamin A, vitamin B1 and B12, vitamin C, vitamin D, and vitamin E, and minerals such as zinc. It discusses different ophthalmic symptoms and signs, including dry eye disease, corneal xerosis, decreased night vision, subconjunctival hemorrhage, and retinal changes similar to retinitis pigmentosa. We strongly recommend using multi-vitamin supplements for treating many diseases such as age-related macular degeneration.

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Nutritional deficiencyocular symptomsophthalmologyvitamins

Identifiers

PMID36618247
PMCPMC9810943

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