• J. Child Neurol. · Oct 2009

    Case Reports

    Permanent visual loss due to dietary vitamin A deficiency in an autistic adolescent.

    • Gary N McAbee, Debra M Prieto, Janet Kirby, Ann Marie Santilli, and Rajendra Setty.
    • 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
    • J. Child Neurol. 2009 Oct 1; 24 (10): 1288-9.

    AbstractChildren 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.

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