Scurvy: A disease almost forgotten

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 909-913

  Olmedo, Jesse M ^a   Yiannias, James A ^a   Windgassen, Elizabeth B ^a   Gornet, Michael K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; ZINC SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT EDEMA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; JOINT SWELLING; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MYALGIA; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PUNCH BIOPSY; SCURVY; SKIN BRUISING; TOOTH DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCURVY;

EID: 33746613679     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02844.x     Document Type: Article

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