Spontaneous bruising in an elderly woman

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 871, 1998, Pages 273-275

  Reddy, Anand V ^a  

^a King's Mill Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Nutrition; Scurvy; Vitamin deficiency

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GASTROSCOPY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIVER FUNCTION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0031776526     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.74.871.273     Document Type: Article

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