Modern American scurvy — experience with vitamin C deficiency at a large children’s hospital

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 214-220

  Golriz, Farahnaz ^a   Donnelly, Lane F ^a   Devaraj, Sridevi ^a   Krishnamurthy, Raj ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Magnetic resonance imaging; Malnutrition; Radiography; Scurvy; Vitamin C deficiency

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METAPHYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT HISTORY OF CHEMOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCURVY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THALASSEMIA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOWER LIMB; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCURVY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992170190     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-016-3726-4     Document Type: Article

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