1. Relationship between biochemical and clinical indices of B-vitamin deficiency. A study in rural school boys.
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Bamji MS, Sarma KV, and Radhaiah G
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- Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Erythrocytes metabolism, Gentian Violet therapeutic use, Glossitis blood, Glossitis drug therapy, Glossitis etiology, Humans, Male, Pyridoxine blood, Riboflavin blood, Stomatitis blood, Stomatitis drug therapy, Thiamine blood, Vitamin B Complex therapeutic use, Vitamin B Deficiency blood, Vitamin B Deficiency drug therapy, Stomatitis etiology, Vitamin B Deficiency complications
- Abstract
1. A study amongst schoolboys in villages around Hyderabad, India, showed that almost all the boys had riboflavin deficiency, 61% had pyridoxine deficiency, and 9.4% had thiamin deficiency as judged by enzymic tests. 2. The prevalence of angular stomatitis was 41.3% and that of glossitis was 18.2%. Biochemical deficiency of riboflavin and pyridoxine was marginally higher in children with angular stomatitis with or without associated glossitis, than in children without oral lesions. 3. Treatment with B-complex vitamins (containing 4 mg riboflavin and 10 mg pyridoxine) daily for 1 month produced significant reduction in the prevalence of glossitis but had no effect on angular stomatitis. The latter responded to topical application of gentian violet. 4. Small but significant changes in erythrocyte enzymes occurred over the period of 1 month even without vitamin supplements. 5. Results suggest that while glossitis is a relatively early manifestation of riboflavin or pyridoxine deficiency or both, angular stomatitis has a more complex aetiology perphaps associated with infection.
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- 1979
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