Scurvy mimicking osteomyelitis: Case report and review of the literature

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 995-999

  Harknett, Kathleen M W ^a   Hussain, Sumreen K ^a   Rogers, Mary K ^a   Patel, Niraj C ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOOD AVERSION; FRUIT; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG SWELLING; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OAT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCURVY; SOYBEAN MILK; SPEECH THERAPY; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT BEARING; AFRICAN AMERICAN; COMPLICATION; DIET THERAPY; ETHNOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; RISK FACTORS; SCURVY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905380301     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922813506609     Document Type: Article

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