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Vitamin deficiency after weight loss surgery can cause vision loss in newborns

July 16th, 2010 · No Comments

( Elsevier Health Sciences ) Biliopancreatic diversion surgery for morbid obesity is known to cause multiple vitamin deficiencies that may worsen during pregnancy. In the June issue of the Journal of AAPOS, the Official Publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, a group of Australian clinicians report a child who was born blind as a result of vitamin A …

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Vitamin deficiency after weight loss surgery can cause vision loss in newborns

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