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Serum vitamin A and retinol-binding protein in malnourished women treated with oral contraceptives: Effects of estrogen dose and duration of treatment

1979; Elsevier BV; Volume: 135; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0002-9378(79)90433-2

1097-6868

M. Mohan Ram, Mahtab S. Bamji,

Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes

Abstract Malnourished women who had been treated with combination-type oral contraceptives containing 0.03 mg or 0.05 mg of ethinyl estradiol and 0.15 mg d-norgestrel had significantly higher levels of serum retinol-binding protein (RBP) and vitamin A after two or five cycles of treatment compared with untreated control subjects. The values tended to return to normal by the twelfth cycle of treatment, the trend for reversal being more marked for RBP than for retinol.