Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3188602 | Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Although pruritus has never been reported in isolated hypercarotenaemia it is a classical sign of hypervitaminosis A. The mechanism of pruritus is not understood in this instance since vitamin A levels were normal. This case report is also unusual in that no classical cause of hypercarotenaemia was found, as a result of which we concluded on a likely defect in beta-carotene 15, 15'oxygenase, an enzyme involved in vitamin A production.
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Authors
A. Maruani, F. Labarthe, T. Dupré, E. Le Bidre, G. Georgesco, G. Lorette,