title: Permanent visual loss due to dietary vitamin A deficiency in an autistic adolescent.
abstract: Children with autism often have restrictive diets. Here, we report an adolescent with autism who developed dietary vitamin A deficiency because of a restrictive diet. Despite supplementation with vitamin A, some of the visual loss was permanent with optic atrophy. Children with autism who have restrictive diets may need periodic serum vitamin levels assessed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, Children's Regional Hospital, Camden, New Jersey 08013, USA. mcabee-gary@cooperhealth.edu
authors.forename: Gary N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: McAbee
authors.forename: Debra M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Prieto
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.forename: Ann Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Santilli
authors.forename: Rajendra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Setty
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009896:Optic Atrophy / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000178:diet therapy
chemical_list: D014801:Vitamin A