Wolf G
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-3104, USA.
FASEB J. 1996 Jul;10(9):1102-7. doi: 10.1096/fasebj.10.9.8801174.
This is a historical account of the recognition of human vitamin A deficiency from ancient Egypt to the present century, as well as history of the discovery of vitamin A and the functions of vitamin A and the retinoids.