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Case Reports
. 2015 Dec;5(6):491-493.
doi: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000158.

Scurvy in the 21st century?: Vitamin C deficiency presenting to the neurologist

Karl Meisel  1 , Susmitha Daggubati  1 , S Andrew Josephson  1
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Case Reports

Scurvy in the 21st century?: Vitamin C deficiency presenting to the neurologist

Karl Meisel et al. Neurol Clin Pract. 2015 Dec.
No abstract available

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