"Ascorbic Acid Deficiency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D001206
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.521.500.133.115
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| Concept/Terms |
Ascorbic Acid Deficiency- Ascorbic Acid Deficiency
- Vitamin C Deficiency
- Deficiency, Vitamin C
- Deficiencies, Vitamin C
- Vitamin C Deficiencies
- Deficiency, Ascorbic Acid
- Ascorbic Acid Deficiencies
- Deficiencies, Ascorbic Acid
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Ascorbic Acid Deficiency".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Ascorbic Acid Deficiency".
- Ascorbic Acid Deficiency
- Scurvy
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A case of scurvy in an autistic boy. J Drugs Dermatol. 2002 Jul; 1(1):67-9.