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A Spectrophotofluorometric Analysis Of Serum Vitamin A Levels In A Defined Population, James Ronald Schroeder
A Spectrophotofluorometric Analysis Of Serum Vitamin A Levels In A Defined Population, James Ronald Schroeder
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The objectives of this thesis were to examine serum vitamin A levels in two defined populations. The method of analysis was a spectrophotofluorometric technique with a correction formula to account for interfering fluorescence from an identified carotenoid phytofluene (37).
The first population were infants at time of delivery. Infants were divided into two groups depending upon length of gestation. A premature group was identified as having a length of gestation of less than 36 weeks. Term infants were defined as 36 weeks or greater. The mean value of serum vitamin A of eight premature infants was 10.5 μg/100ml (S.E.M.+.78). The …