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Descriptor
English
:
Ascorbic Acid Deficiency
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Deficiencia de Ácido Ascórbico
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Deficiência de Ácido Ascórbico
Synonyms
English
:
Vitamin C Deficiency
Tree Number:
C18.654.521.500.133.115
SP6.016.052.063.104
Definition
English
:
A condition due to a dietary deficiency of
ascorbic acid
(vitamin C), characterized by malaise,
lethargy
, and weakness. As the
disease
progresses,
joints
,
muscles
, and subcutaneous
tissues
may become the sites of
hemorrhage
.
Ascorbic acid deficiency
frequently develops into
SCURVY
in young children fed unsupplemented cow's
milk
exclusively during their first year. It develops also commonly in chronic
alcoholism
. (Cecil Textbook of
Medicine
, 19th ed, p1177)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
note X ref; DF:
ASCORBIC ACID
DEFIC
See Related
English
:
Scurvy
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
1213
Unique Identifier:
D001206
Occurrence in VHL
:
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