Scurvy and adrenal insufficiency;Skørbug og binyrebarkinsufficiens

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 164, Issue 39, 2002, Pages 4548-4549

  Rye, Katrine ^a   Weeke, Jørgen ^a   Møller, Niels ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE TUMOR; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SCURVY;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE NEOPLASMS; SCURVY;

EID: 0037163279     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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