Rheumatic Manifestations of Scurvy: A Report of Three Recent Cases in a Major Urban Center and a Review

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 286-290

  Mertens, Marty T ^a   Gertner, Elie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Hemarthrosis; Pseudovasculitis; Scurvy; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEMARTHROSIS; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PURPURIC RASH; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCURVY; SYMPTOM; SYNOVITIS; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SCURVY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80755136658     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: 1532866X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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