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Cleft anterior segment with maternal hypervitaminosis A
1University of Liverpool, Children's Unit, Alder Hey Hospital, Ophthalmology Department, West Derby.
The British Journal of Ophthalmology
|November 1, 1991
We report a case of an 'hourglass' cornea and iris with reduplicated lens in the left eye of an infant girl. An excess of vitamin A products had been taken by the mother during pregnancy. Mechanisms by which vitamin A excess could have caused this are discussed.
We report a case of an 'hourglass' cornea and iris with reduplicated lens in the left eye of an infant girl. An excess of vitamin A products had been taken by the mother during pregnancy. Mechanisms by which vitamin A excess could have caused this are discussed.