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Professional paper - Letter to the editor
Scurvy
Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica, 30 (2022), 1; 59-60. urn:nbn:hr:184:137849
Krečak, Ivan; Babić, Gordan; Skelin, Marko

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Krečak, I., Babić, G. & Skelin, M. (2022). Scurvy. Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica, 30. (1), 59-60. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:137849

Krečak, Ivan, et al. "Scurvy." Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica, vol. 30, no. 1, 2022, pp. 59-60. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:137849

Krečak, Ivan, Gordan Babić and Marko Skelin. "Scurvy." Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica 30, no. 1 (2022): 59-60. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:137849

Krečak, I., Babić, G. and Skelin, M. (2022) 'Scurvy', Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica, 30(1), pp. 59-60. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:137849 (Accessed 07 July 2024)

Krečak I, Babić G, Skelin M. Scurvy. Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica [Internet]. 2022 [cited 2024 July 07];30(1):59-60. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:137849

I. Krečak, G. Babić and M. Skelin, "Scurvy", Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 59-60, 2022. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:137849. [Accessed: 07 July 2024]

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Title (english)Scurvy
AuthorIvan Krečak
AuthorGordan Babić
AuthorMarko Skelin
Author's institutionUniversity of Rijeka
Faculty of Medicine
(Department of Internal Medicine)
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Clinical Medical Sciences
Internal Medicine
Abstract (english)
Scurvy is a nutritional disorder which can develop after prolonged (>1-3 months) severe vitamin C deficiency. Vitamin C is a cofactor in several enzyme reactions involved in collagen synthesis. The defect in collagen causes blood vessel fragility, poor wound healing, mucocutaneous bleedings, hair abnormalities, bone pains, and joint contractures due to perios-teal and intraarticular bleeding (1,2). Risk factors for scurvy development are undernutrition, low socio-economic status, older age, male sex, alcoholism, tobacco smoking, and severe psychiatric illnesses (1-3). The required daily intake for vitamin C is ~60 mg, and this amount of vitamin C can be found in only one medium-sized orange. For this reason, the disease is rarely encountered in developed countries and is often underrecognized by healthcare personnel. Here-in, we present an illustrative case of scurvy in order to raise the awareness of this disorder.
Languageenglish
Publication typeProfessional paper - Letter to the editor
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titleActa Dermatovenerologica Croatica
Numberingvol. 30, no. 1, pp. 59-60
p-ISSN1330-027X
e-ISSN1847-6538
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:184:137849
Publication2022
Document URLhttps://hrcak.srce.hr/280216
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