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Vitamin A requirement is ~100-1000 µg/kg body weight/day Greatest need is during rapid growth VAD starts at 4 to 6 M of age Deficiency due to inadequate nutritional intake, frequent disease, malabsorption, diarrhea and febrile infections. |