Scurvy in the developed world

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Smith, Alexa ^a   Di Primio, Gina ^a   Humphrey Murto, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; PARACETAMOL; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECCHYMOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT EFFUSION; LEG PAIN; LEG SWELLING; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SCURVY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BLEEDING; SKINFOLD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 80051554378     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.091938     Document Type: Article

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