Ascorbic Acid Deficiencies

《英文msh詞典》Ascorbic Acid Deficiencies
[入口詞] Ascorbic Acid Deficiencies
[主題詞] Ascorbic Acid Deficiency
[英文釋義] A condition due to a dietary deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C),characterized by malaise,lethargy,and weakness. As the disease progresses,joints,muscles,and subcutaneous tissues may become the sites of hemorrhage. Ascorbic acid deficiency frequently develops into SCURVY in young children fed unsupplemented cow's milk exclusively during their first year. It develops also commonly in chronic alcoholism. (Cecil Textbook of Medicine,19th ed,p1177)