Inability to walk due to scurvy: A forgotten disease

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 325-328

  Algahtani, Hussein A ^a   Abdu, Abduljaleel P ^a   Khojah, Imad M ^b   Al Khathaami, Ali M ^c  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; VITAMIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG EXAMINATION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCURVY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WALKING DIFFICULTY; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; COMPLICATION; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WALKING;

ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PROGNOSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SCURVY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAMINS; WALKING;

EID: 77955004348     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.65266     Document Type: Article

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