Adult Scurvy Presenting with Painful Purpura on the Legs

Prolonged vitamin C deficiency can result in numerous metabolic abnormalities like impaired tissue repair and defective collagen synthesis. This case report describes a middle-age Japanese man presenting painful purpura on his lower limbs, severe anemia, and altered consciousness. The patient had be...

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Autores principales: Tamura, Nayu, Obara, Takafumi, Yamada, Taihei, Nojima, Tsuyoshi, Nakamura, Shunsuke, Koide, Yasuhiro, Takaoka, Makoto, Naito, Hiromichi, Nakao, Atsunori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9259809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34776490
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.8409-21

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