Scurvy: Past, present and future

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-152

  Magiorkinis, Emmanuil ^a   Beloukas, Apostolos ^a   Diamantis, Aristidis ^a  

^a ATHENS NAVAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; History of medicine; Naval medicine; Scurvy; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

BERIBERI; DIET; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEMON; NONHUMAN; ORANGE JUICE; PELLAGRA; REVIEW; RICKETS; SCURVY;

EID: 79952696969     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2010.10.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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