Pediatric Scurvy: When Contemporary Eating Habits Bring Back the Past

Pediatric Scurvy: When Contemporary Eating Habits Bring Back the Past

Vitamin C deficiency is anecdotal in developed countries, mainly associated with underling clinical morbidities as autism or neurological impairment. Chronic insufficient dietary supply is responsible for vascular fragility and impaired bone formation, resulting in gingival bleeding, petechial lesio...

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Main Authors: Alice Brambilla, Cristina Pizza, Donatella Lasagni, Lucia Lachina, Massimo Resti, Sandra Trapani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
scurvy
vitamin C deficiency
malnutrition
eating disorders
pediatric nutrition
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2018.00126/full

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