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Jeanette S. Felix, PhD
Baltimore, Md

Alan M. Laties, MD
Philadelphia, Pa

Arch Ophthalmol. 1993;111(11):1465-1466.

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In their letter, Fielder and Marshall note a puzzling omission in the brochure entitled "Questions and Answers About Vitamin A Supplementation as a Long-Term Treatment for RP" prepared for patients by the RP Foundation Fighting Blindness. While the brochure relies heavily on the article by Berson et al¹ published in the June issue of the ARCHIVES, it is silent with regard to the editorial by Massof and Finkelstein² published in the same issue. A reader of their letter is left to wonder why this was done, especially since the editorial expressed skepticism about the results of the study.

The omission can be explained in a straightforward way: we simply did not have access to the editorial in time to consider it. The brochure was largely written in late May 1993 after receipt of the article and attendance at a meeting set up by the National Eye Institute to . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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