Modern scurvy.
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Scurvy is a disease that played an important role in ancient history and used to be a notorious cause of death in sailors. Nowadays, scurvy is not a common diagnosis in the civilized world, but this case report indicates that this old-fashioned disease is not extinct at all and still exists but in a different patient category.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of surgical case reports
دوره 2016 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016