Bleeding disorders scurvy

Birth defects, neural tube defects, 514-516 Bispbosphenate, 776 Bleeding disorders hemophilia, 537 scurvy, 618... [Pg.978]

A deficiency of vitamin C leads to scurvy, a disorder that is characterized by bleeding gums, loss of teeth, sore joints, and slow woimd healing. [Pg.786]

The most prominent symptom of ascorbic acid deficiency is scurvy, which is a complex of disorders that result mainly from the decreased ability to synthesize collagen. This lack of collagen synthesis leads to an elevated fragility of the capillar blood system and consequently to bleeding of skin, mucous membranes, organs,... [Pg.149]

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