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Vitamin A deficiency leads to a disease known as:

A
beriberi
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scurvy
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night blindness
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all of these
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Solution

The correct option is C night blindness
Vitamin A deficiency leads to a disease known as night blindness.

Night blindness is also called nyctalopia, which means a person cannot see well at night or in poor light.
It is caused due to a disorder of the cells in the retina that are responsible for vision in dim light.

Option C is correct.

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