Deficiency – Effect on cerebro spinal fluid pressure

DEFICIENCY – EFFECT ON CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE

  • One of the initial effects of vitamin A deficiency is elevated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure.
  • The mechanism whereby the increase in CSF pressure is brought by thickened duramater leading to under absorption of CSF.
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