Vitamin C Deficiency Presenting with Progressive Gait Difficulty, Myopathy, and Movement Disorder in a Toddler

Vanessa Hwee Ling Ng¹, Duncan Wilson², Christina Miteff^{1

3}, Gopinath M Subramanian^{1

3}, Robert Smith^{1

3}, Shekeeb S Mohammad^{1

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatric Neurology, John Hunter Children's Hospital, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia.
² Edmond J. Safra Fellow, Movement Disorder Unit, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ TY Nelson Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁵ Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.

Case Reports

Vanessa Hwee Ling Ng et al. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2025 Aug.

. 2025 Aug;12 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S16-S18.

doi: 10.1002/mdc3.70184. Epub 2025 Jun 16.

Vanessa Hwee Ling Ng¹, Duncan Wilson², Christina Miteff^{1

3}, Gopinath M Subramanian^{1

3}, Robert Smith^{1

3}, Shekeeb S Mohammad^{1

4

5}

¹ Department of Paediatric Neurology, John Hunter Children's Hospital, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia.
² Edmond J. Safra Fellow, Movement Disorder Unit, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ TY Nelson Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁵ Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: myopathy; nutrition; scurvy; tremor; vitamin C.

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