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A four and one-half year old boy with intestinal pseudo-obstruction who had been maintained on parenteral hyperalimentation for one year developed classical signs of hypervitaminosis A. This diagnosis was confirmed radiographically; serum vitamin A levels were five times normal. The patient had a dramatic response to withdrawal of vitamin A from the hyperalimentation fluid.
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Seibert, J.J., Byrne, W.J. & Golladay, E.S. Development of hypervitaminosis A in a patient on long-term parenteral hyperalimentation. Pediatr Radiol 10, 173–174 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00975194
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