Table 4.

Possible Nutrient Deficiencies in ALD

Nutrient deficiency	Possible manifestations
Vitamin A	Night blindness, dry skin
Thiamine	Neurologic problems, Wernike’s encephalopathy
Folate	Anemia, possible increased susceptibility to ALD, altered methionine metabolism
Vitamin D	Bone disease altered immune function
Vitamin E	Possible increased susceptibility to liver injury, oxidative stress
Niacin	Pellegra dermatitis, neurologic alterations, hallucinations
Pyridoxine	Hypochromic anemia
Zinc	Skin lesions, anorexia, depressed wound healing, hypogonadism, altered immune function, impaired night vision, depressed mental function, diarrhea, increased susceptibility to liver injury
Magnesium	Muscle cramps, glucose intolerance
Selenium	Myopathy, cardiomyopathy, oxidative stress