Scurvy in a 10-month-old boy

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 194-198

  Larralde, Margarita ^a,b   Muñoz, Andrea Santos ^a   Boggio, Paula ^a   Di Gruccio, Vanesa ^a   Weis, Isaac ^a   Schygiel, Adolfo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMOS MEJÍA   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; IRON; VITAMIN D;

ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BONE DEFECT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECREASED APPETITE; FEVER; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; LABORATORY TEST; LEG SWELLING; MALE; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OSTEOPENIA; PARALYSIS; SCURVY; SKIN EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONGUE DISEASE;

ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; SCURVY; VITAMIN D;

EID: 34247644857     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.02856.x     Document Type: Article

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