A patient with malabsorption who develops a deficiency of vitamin A is most likely to subsequently develop:
The symptoms of vitamin A deficiency result from abnormalities involving the normal functions of vitamin A. These normal functions include maintaining mucus-secreting epithelium, restoring levels of the visual pigment rhodopsin, increasing immunity to infections, and acting as an antioxidant.
Acute leukemia
Intestinal metaplasia
Megaloblastic anemia
Night blindness