Literature DB >> 578271

Megavitamins for minimal brain dysfunction. A potentially dangerous therapy.

B A Shaywitz, N J Siegel, H A Pearson.   

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Vitamin A intoxication as a consequence of megavitamin therapy for minimal brain dysfunction occurred in a 4-year-old boy. An early clue to diagnosis was provided by an abnormal bone scan.

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Year:  1977        PMID: 578271

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  JAMA        ISSN: 0098-7484            Impact factor:   56.272


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Review 1.  Megavitamin and megamineral therapy in childhood. Nutrition Committee, Canadian Paediatric Society.

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Journal:  CMAJ       Date:  1990-11-15       Impact factor: 8.262

Review 2.  Toxicity of vitamins: complications of a health movement.

Authors:  C D Evans; J H Lacey
Journal:  Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)       Date:  1986-02-22

Review 3.  Retinoic acid and affective disorders: the evidence for an association.

Authors:  J Douglas Bremner; Kirsty D Shearer; Peter J McCaffery
Journal:  J Clin Psychiatry       Date:  2011-08-23       Impact factor: 4.384

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