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Scurvy: Dietary Discretion in a Developed Country

Although the causes have changed, scurvy (vitamin C deficiency) is still diagnosed in developed countries. We report a case of an 18-year-old female who presented to our emergency department with thrombocytopenia, sinus tachycardia, hypotension, fatigue, gingival hyperplasia, knee effusion, petechia...

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Autores principales: Perry, Megan E., Page, Nathan, Manthey, David E., Zavitz, Joshua M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849264
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.1.36860