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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |