Scurvy is still present in developed countries

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1281-1284

  Velandia, Bertha ^a   Centor, Robert M ^b   McConnell, Vicky ^b   Shah, Mobin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

57 year old male patient; Developed country; Ecchymosis; Scurvy; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCURVY; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ALABAMA; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCURVY; ZINC;

EID: 49649112898     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0577-1     Document Type: Article

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