End stage scurvy in the developed world: A diagnostic conundrum but not to be mistaken for pyoderma gangrenosum.

Scurvy is a clinical syndrome, resulting from ascorbic acid deficiency. Prevalence of the condition is now extremely low in the Western population and its diagnosis can be challenging without a high index of suspicion. When cases do present, they are often misdiagnosed initially. Therefore, a thorou...

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Published in:International Wound Journal Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 1024 - 1029
Main Authors: Le, Stephanie T., Wang, Jenny Z., Alexanian, Claire C., Johng, Stephanie Y., Patel, Forum B., Wang, Elizabeth A., Ma, Chelsea, Wilken, Reason, Cheng, Michelle Y., Maverakis, Emanual
Format: case study pictorial Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Aug2019
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