Concept information
Preferred term
Ascorbic Acid Deficiency
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Ascorbic Acid Deficiencies
- Deficiencies, Ascorbic Acid
- Deficiencies, Vitamin C
- Deficiency, Ascorbic Acid
- Deficiency, Vitamin C
- Vitamin C Deficiencies
- Vitamin C Deficiency
Scope note
- 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)
In other languages
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Finnish
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askorbiinihapon puute
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askorbinsyrabrist
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C-vitamiinin puute
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C-vitamiinin puutos
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C-vitaminbrist
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deficientia acidi ascorbici
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deficientia vitamini C
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keripukki
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scorbutus
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skörbjugg
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Swedish
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Askorbinsyrabrist
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Vitamin C-brist
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001206
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