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Scurvy is Back

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Scurvy, caused by vitamin C deficiency, first described by Hippocrates, is known to many as ‘The Pirates’ Disease’. Although a disease rarely acknowledged in modern medicine, we present 2 cases of elderly gentlemen found to have scurvy, who improved significantly on treatme...

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Autores principales: Callus, Claire Ann, Vella, Samantha, Ferry, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6249652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30479485
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1178638818809097