Combined Nutritional Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca and Optic Neuropathy due to Restrictive Dietary Multivitamin Deficiency of Vitamin C and B12 During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Title Combined Nutritional Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca and Optic Neuropathy due to Restrictive Dietary Multivitamin Deficiency of Vitamin C and B12 During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Creator James Z. Fan; Peter W. Mortensen; Subahari Raviskanthan; Andrew G. Lee
Affiliation McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) (JZF), Houston, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology (PWM, SR, AGL), Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas; Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery (AGL), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York; Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (AGL), Houston, Texas; Texas A and M College of Medicine (AGL), UTMB and UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Bryan, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), Baylor College of Medicine and the Center for Space Medicine, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa; and University of Buffalo (AGL), Buffalo, NY
Subject Ascorbic Acid; COVID-19 / complications; Humans; Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca; Optic Nerve Diseases / diagnosis; Optic Nerve Diseases / etiology; Pandemics; Vitamins
Date 2023-12
Date Digital 2023-12
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Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Source Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, December 2023, Volume 43, Issue 4
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
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