Vitamin A prevents inner ear defects in mice with congenital homeobox gene deficiency.

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For the past 75 years, vitamin A and its biologically active metabolites, the retinoids, have been the object of intense study in biology and medicine. A large body of evidence demonstrates that these nutrients are essential for normal development and survival of vertebrate embryos, including mammals. In fact, it has been known since the mid-1930s that vitamin A deficiency during pregnancy results in death of the...

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