: Richard David Semba
: Handbook of Nutrition and Ophthalmology
: Humana Press
: 9781592599790
: 1
: CHF 199.80
:
: Allgemeines
: English
: 496
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The Handbook of Nutrition in Ophthalmology is the first general text on nutrition and eye health created for physicians, nutritionists, and researchers. The author provides important links between the epidemic of obesity and implications it has for eye disease and blindness. The volume also includes chapters addressing nutritional aspects of preventing eye disease in diabetes mellitus and other optical neuropathies, making this a unique book.
Series Editor Introduction8
Foreword11
Preface13
Contents15
1 Nutritional Blindness ( Vitamin A Deficiency Disorders)16
1. INTRODUCTION16
2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND16
2.1. Early Perspectives on Xerophthalmia17
2.2. Characterization of Vitamin A19
2.3. Vitamin A Deficiency and Increased Mortality in Children: Lessons From Denmark20
2.4. Ellison’s Landmark Trial and Other Therapeutic Trials of Vitamin A, the “ Anti- Infective” Vitamin, 1920 – 194021
2.5. Public Health Measures to Improve Vitamin A Status in the United States and Europe24
2.6. Vitamin A Deficiency, Infection, and Mortality in Developing Countries— A Recurring Theme24
2.7. Initiation of National Programs of Vitamin A Supplementation in the Early 1970s27
2.8. Further Investigations of the Relationship Between Vitamin A Deficiency and Child Mortality28
3. BIOCHEMISTRY AND METABOLISM OF VITAMIN A 3.1. Structure and Characteristics of Vitamin A29
3.1. Structure and Characteristics of Vitamin A29
3.2. Dietary Sources and Metabolism of Vitamin A29
3.3. Retinoic Acid Receptors and Gene Regulation34
3.4. Dietary Requirements for Vitamin A35