{"title":"Carotenaemia in infancy.","authors":"M Massam, J B Heycock","doi":"10.3109/09637488109143316","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The condition of carotenaemia is harmless but can lead to the mistaken diagnosis of jaundice; it may also be a feature in hypothyroidism. A case of carotenaemia in a baby is reported, caused by an excess of carrots in his mixed feeds, and the diagnostic features are emphasised.</p>","PeriodicalId":76005,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human nutrition","volume":"35 3","pages":"218-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1981-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/09637488109143316","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of human nutrition","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3109/09637488109143316","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The condition of carotenaemia is harmless but can lead to the mistaken diagnosis of jaundice; it may also be a feature in hypothyroidism. A case of carotenaemia in a baby is reported, caused by an excess of carrots in his mixed feeds, and the diagnostic features are emphasised.