Scurvy: Follow-up

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Further Reading

Keywords

scurvy, vitamin C deficiency, ascorbutism, scorbutism, Barlow disease, Barlow's disease, subperiosteal hematoma syndrome, hypovitaminosis C, collagen defects, hemorrhagic diathesis, abnormalities in bone maturation, epiphyseal disease, lifting of the periosteum, hemarthroses

Contributor Information and Disclosures

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Bruce M Rothschild, MD, Professor of Medicine, The Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine; Director, Arthritis Center of Northeast Ohio; Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Akron
Bruce M Rothschild, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College of Rheumatology, American Federation for Clinical Research, American Heart Association, American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, International Skeletal Society, New York Academy of Sciences, and Sigma Xi
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Jeno Imre Sebes, MD, Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center at Memphis
Jeno Imre Sebes, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Radiology, American Medical Association, American Roentgen Ray Society, Association of University Radiologists, International Skeletal Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Radiological Society of North America, Sigma Xi, Society of Skeletal Radiology, Tennessee Medical Association, and Tennessee Radiological Society
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Michael A Bruno, MD, Associate Professor, Departments of Radiology and Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine; Director, Radiology Quality Management Services, Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
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Marta Hernanz-Schulman, MD, FAAP, Professor, Radiology, Radiological Sciences, and Pediatrics, Director, Department of Pediatric Radiology, Radiologist-in-Chief, Director, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital
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Robert M Krasny, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Radiology, The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute
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Felix S Chew, MD, MBA, EdM, Professor, Department of Radiology, Vice Chairman for Radiology Informatics, Section Head of Musculoskeletal Radiology, University of Washington
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