Criteria for evaluation of conjunctival impression cytology (CIC) in early screening of vitamin A deficiency
- VernacularTitle:眼结膜印迹细胞法在维生素A缺乏早期筛查中评价标准的探讨
- Author:
Haiying LUO
;
Yadong LIU
;
Guixiang WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
conjunctival impression cytology;
vitamin A deficiency;
child
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
1982;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To make objective criteria for evaluation of conjunctival impression cytology(CIC)in early screening of vitamin A deficiency(VAD)in children.Methods The status of vitamin A in children aged 3~7 years old was evaluated with CIC method.In order to justify the judgemental criterion of CIC,the changes in CIC and the levels of serum vitamin A were studied.Results Goblet cells and normal epithelial cells could be found in grade 0~1 of CIC;only normal epithelial cells without Goblet cells could be seen in grade 2 of CIC,and only abnormal epithelial cells were identified in grade 3~5 of CIC.Along with the increasing degree of abnormalify of CIC,the levels of serum vitamin A decreased accordingly(r=-0.824,P