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Use profile · Metabolic & endocrine

Scurvy

A nutritional deficiency disease that is characterized by vitamin C (ascorbic acid) deficiency and has_symptom fatigue, weakness, anemia, petechiae, corkscrew hair, gingivitis, and poor wound healing.

Condition Or SymptomDOID:13724Traditional documentation
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197plant associations for Scurvy
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