Scurvy: An often forgotten cause of bleeding [2]

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-87

  De Luna, Regina H ^a   Colley III, B Judson ^b   Smith, Kathleen ^a   Divers, Stephen G ^b   Rinehart, John ^b   Marques, Marisa B ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN; THIAMINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCURVY; SKIN BIOPSY; UMBILICUS;

EID: 0041422434     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.10354     Document Type: Letter

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