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FRANCISCO J. ROSALES, MD; CHRIS KJOLHEDE, MD, MPH
Department of International Health Division of Human Nutrition The Johns Hopkins University 615 N Wolfe St Baltimore, MD 21205

Am J Dis Child. 1992;146(10):1133-1134.

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Sir.—The article by Frieden et al¹ in the February 1992 issue of AJDC provided useful information about the changes in plasma retinol during measles infection in young children. In this report, as well as in other studies, plasma and/or serum retinol levels were markedly reduced during the acute phase of measles, but only Frieden et al have reported that plasma retinol returned to normal levels during convalescence compared with a local reference population: Based on these findings, Frieden et al¹ proposed a relationship between plasma retinol and measles, whereby the measles virus causes low vitamin A levels that in turn result in more severe measles. We suspect that the association between fever and low plasma retinol is a consequence of an acute-phase reaction during infection.

AJDC—Vol 146, October 1992

In Table 3 of the article, several indices of measles severity were significantly associated (P values between.02 and.06) . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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