[PDF][PDF] Innovative non or minimally-invasive technologies for monitoring health and nutritional status in mothers and young children

NE Craft - J Nutr, 2001 - academia.edu
The health and sight of millions of children are compromised each year as a consequence of
vitamin A (VA) deficiency. Serum retinol is the most commonly used indicator of VA status …

[HTML][HTML] Innovative approaches to vitamin A assessment

NE Craft - The Journal of Nutrition, 2001 - Elsevier
The health and sight of millions of children are compromised each year as a consequence of
vitamin A (VA) deficiency. Serum retinol is the most commonly used indicator of VA status …

Robust measurement of vitamin A status in plasma and blood dried on paper

Y Huang, PR Clements, RA Gibson - Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children and increases
the risk of disease and death from severe infections. In addition, fat soluble vitamin A and …

[HTML][HTML] Retinol concentrations in capillary dried blood spots from healthy volunteers: method validation

NE Craft, J Bulux, C Valdez, Y Li… - The American journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT Background: Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a major public health problem in the
developing world, leading to> 3 million eye-related problems in preschool children. Nearly …

Feasibility of using retinol-binding protein from capillary blood specimens to estimate serum retinol concentrations and the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in low …

JL Gorstein, O Dary, B Shell-Duncan, T Quick… - Public Health …, 2008 - cambridge.org
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a significant public health problem in many countries. While
cost-effective interventions are available to control VAD, reliable information is needed to the …

Improving long-term stability of retinol in dried blood spots and quantification of its levels via a novel LC-MS/MS method

M Zhang, YR Wu, F Wang, HJ Liu, SY Zhang… - Analytical and …, 2019 - Springer
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a major micronutrient deficiency in children. Although plasma
and serum retinol levels are proposed as the key indicators of VAD, collecting and …

Retinol-binding protein stability in dried blood spots

M Fujita, E Brindle, J Shofer, P Ndemwa… - Clinical …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Background: Retinol-binding protein (RBP) is accepted as a surrogate biochemical marker
for retinol to determine vitamin A (VA) status. A recently developed enzyme immunoassay for …

[HTML][HTML] Retinol binding protein as a surrogate measure for serum retinol: studies in vitamin A–deficient children from the Republic of the Marshall Islands

MV Gamble, R Ramakrishnan, NA Palafox… - The American journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
Background: Serum retinol is transported by retinol binding protein (RBP), which has one
high-affinity binding site for retinol; consequently, the molar ratio of retinol to RBP in the …

The CDC VITAL-EQA program, external quality assurance for serum retinol, 2003–2006

BMH Haynes, RL Schleicher, RB Jain, CM Pfeiffer - Clinica Chimica Acta, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: With approximately 127 million preschool children currently suffering from
vitamin A deficiency globally, it is important for affected countries to have the capacity to …

Validity of capillary dried blood spot for assessment of vitamin A nutritional status in preschool children.

LL Mi, SY Zhang, M Zhang, YR Wu, J Xie - 2023 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Objective: To assess the reliability and validity of dried blood spot (DBS) in the diagnosis of
marginal vitamin A deficiency (MVAD) in preschoolers, in order to provide reference for …