lack of knowledge at many levels is the basis of this tragic situation , which may result in needless blindness and loss of life , especially among young children.as a contribution to the alleviation of the problem , the present paper has as its object the provision , for the general and hospital physician in those countries where xerophthalmia is endemic , of adequate descriptive and pictorial information to enable him to make an accurate diagnosis of vitamin-a deficiency when he is presented with any stage of the ocular manifestations .
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xerophthalmia
C0015392
ocular