Pediatric Scurvy: When Contemporary Eating Habits Bring Back the Past

• Main Authors: Alice Brambilla (Author), Cristina Pizza (Author), Donatella Lasagni (Author), Lucia Lachina (Author), Massimo Resti (Author), Sandra Trapani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Vitamin C deficiency is anecdotal in developed countries, mainly associated with underling clinical morbidities as autism or neurological impairment. Chronic insufficient dietary supply is responsible for vascular fragility and impaired bone formation, resulting in gingival bleeding, petechial lesio...