Severe scurvy: An underestimated disease

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1076-1077

  Levavasseur, M ^a   Becquart, C ^a   Pape, E ^a   Pigeyre, M ^a   Rousseaux, J ^a,b   Staumont Salle D ^a   Delaporte, E ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Private Hospital la Louvière   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DYSTROPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVITIS; HAIR DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERKERATOSIS; KNEE PAIN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PURPURA; SCURVY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYMPTOM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADDICTION; COMPLICATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ASCORBIC ACID; CROHN DISEASE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCURVY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VITAMINS;

EID: 84940790737     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2015.99     Document Type: Article

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