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. 2019 Sep 22;16(19):3543. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16193543

Table 1.

Similarities between rubella symptoms and complications and acute hypervitaminosis A.

Symptoms/Signs Rubella Hypervitaminosis A
Mild fever + +
Arthralgia + +
Polyarthritis + +
Myalgia + +
Headache + +
Flu-like symptoms + +
Conjunctivitis + +
Lymphadenopathy + +
Maculopapular rash + +
Pruritus + +
Fatigue + +
Anorexia + +
Slight desquamation + +
Encephalitis/Encephalopathy + +
Splenomegaly + +
Miscarriage + +
Thrombocytopenic purpura + +
Guillain–Barré syndrome + +

References. Rubella: [7,8,11]; Hypervitaminosis A: [43,45,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67].