Old world meets modern: A case report of Scurvy

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 445-448

  Wang, H Alan ^a   Still, Christopher ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECCHYMOSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUNCH BIOPSY; RARE DISEASE; SCURVY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ASCORBIC ACID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SCURVY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34948902325     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0115426507022004445     Document Type: Article

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