Scurvy revealed by difficulty walking: Three cases in young children

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 224-228

  Kitcharoensakkul, Maleewan ^a   Schulz, Christa G ^a   Kassel, Rachel ^a   Khanna, Geetika ^b   Liang, Shannon ^a   Ngwube, Alexander ^a   Baszis, Kevin W ^a   Hunstad, David A ^a   White, Andrew J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

oral aversion; osteomyelitis; scurvy

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ASCORBIC ACID; IRON; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; AVERSION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FRUIT; HIP; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; JOINT SWELLING; LEG PAIN; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCURVY; SPEECH THERAPY; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS;

ASCORBIC ACID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; SCURVY; WALKING;

EID: 84901794325     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: 15367355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000101     Document Type: Article

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