Food Aversion Leading to Nutritional Optic Neuropathy in a Child With Severe Vitamin A Deficiency

Affiliations

¹ Drexel University College of Medicine (MCF), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Ophthalmology (SJW), Retina Service, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York; Department of Ophthalmology (CG), The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (MPML), West Virginia University Eye Institute, Morgantown, West Virginia; and Department of Ophthalmology (ND), St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Maureen C Farrell et al. J Neuroophthalmol. 2021.

. 2021 Dec 1;41(4):e718-e719.

doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001142.

¹ Drexel University College of Medicine (MCF), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Ophthalmology (SJW), Retina Service, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York; Department of Ophthalmology (CG), The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (MPML), West Virginia University Eye Institute, Morgantown, West Virginia; and Department of Ophthalmology (ND), St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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