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Infantile Scurvy: Two Case Reports [PDF]
International Journal of Pediatrics, 2010 Background. Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is necessary for the formation of collagen, reducing free radicals, and aiding in iron absorption. SCURVY, a disease of dietary ascorbic acid deficiency, is uncommon today.
Leila Ghedira Besbes +5 more
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Scurvy as the tip of the iceberg [PDF]
Journal of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, 2014 Scurvy is thought to be a disease of the past that has long been forgotten. Historically, James Lind, a Scottish physician, wconducted the first ever clinical trial in an attempt to find a cure for scurvy in sailors in 1746, and found out that citrus ...
Sarah Hasan Al-Breiki +1 more
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The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 1998 An 18-month-old girl presented with irritability, epistaxis, spongy appearance of the gums perifollicular papules with follicular hyperkeratosis, ecchymosis, painful swollen knees and scorbutic rosary. Her diet consisted mainly of wheat flour.
S Yilmaz +6 more
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A bioarchaeological and historical analysis of scurvy in eighteenth and nineteenth century England [PDF]
, 2015 The identification of metabolic diseases is a crucial aspect of osteoarchaeological analysis and of paleopathological studies. This study is specifically concerned with the study of scurvy and its bony manifestation.
Sinnott, C. A.
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Scurvy in children: Down but not out
Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology, 2021 Background: Scurvy, a common disease of the past, has become rare in the modern era. Because of lack of awareness regarding its clinical and radiological manifestations, diagnosis of scurvy is often missed or delayed resulting in unnecessary and ...
Sukhjot Kaur, Jatinder Singh Goraya
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Case Report: Uncommon cause of limp in the 21st century
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 Scurvy results from a deficiency of ascorbic acid. This disease first appeared in children during the 19th century with the emergence of new dietary habits; in particular, heating milk that leads to a loss of ascorbic acid.
Stephanie Thiemann +3 more
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Scurvy in a young man: a rare case report
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023 Scurvy, resulting from vitamin C deficiency, has nonspecific constitutional symptoms, including weakness, malaise, and fatigue. It is frequently misdiagnosed due to the lack of specific clinical manifestations. Although there are sporadic cases of scurvy
Rui-Ling Lu +5 more
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, 2012 This paper outlines the history of scurvy and vitamin C. The first section of the paper outlines the science of vitamin C. The second discusses outlines the medical progression of vitamin C deficiency and scurvy.
Mayberry, Jason A.
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Vitamin C Deficiency as a Mimicker of Vasculitis: A Case
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2023 Scurvy causes poor wound healing, hemarthrosis, petechiae, perifollicular hemorrhages, and nonspecific myalgia. Although studies report that scurvy can mimic vasculitis on physical examination, the disease lacks the laboratory evidence for vasculitis. We
Peter G. Brodeur +5 more
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Bilateral proptosis: an unusual primary presentation of scurvy—a case report
The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2021 Background Scurvy is a nutritional vitamin C deficiency disease which shows classical signs on radiographs most commonly along long bones with subperiosteal hemorrhage being a classical finding.
Damini S. +3 more
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