Xerosis of the cornea in vitamin A deficiency

Corneal clouding from vitamin A deficiency in an unsupplemented child recovering from kwashiorkor, taken at Instituto de Nutricion de Centroamerica y Panama (INCAP), Guatemala.

Reproduced from: Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for National Defense (1963). Manual for Nutrition Surveys 2nd ed. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service, NIH, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC 1963.

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