Scurvy: A New Old Cause of Skeletal Pain in Young Children

• Main Authors: Christel Chalouhi (Author), Nayla Nicolas (Author), Nancy Vegas (Author), Soraya Matczak (Author), Houmam El Jurdi (Author), Nathalie Boddaert (Author), Véronique Abadie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We report 3 cases of scurvy in children that occurred during a short period (2018) in a general pediatrics unit of a tertiary hospital for children in Paris. All children were around 3 years of age and were admitted for skeletal pain and altered general state, which mimicked infectious or malignant...