Hepatitis A Leading to Severe Vitamin A Deficiency and Bitot's Spots in a Three-Year-Old Male Child: A Case Report

Nagaraju Nimmanagoti; Ashish Varma; Amar Taksande; Revat J Meshram

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Hepatitis A Leading to Severe Vitamin A Deficiency and Bitot's Spots in a Three-Year-Old Male Child: A Case Report

Nagaraju Nimmanagoti Ashish Varma Amar Taksande Revat J Meshram

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Nagaraju Nimmanagoti, Ashish Varma, Amar Taksande, et al. (2024). Hepatitis A Leading to Severe Vitamin A Deficiency and Bitot's Spots in a Three-Year-Old Male Child: A Case Report. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.51821

Hepatitis A Leading to Severe Vitamin A Deficiency and Bitot's Spots in a Three-Year-Old Male Child: A Case Report

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