CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT VITAMIN C DEFICIENCY IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
- 1 November 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Rheumatology
- Vol. 24 (4) , 362-363
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/24.4.362
Abstract
Three elderly rheumatoid patients are described with significant cutaneous haemorrhages. All patients were ascorbic-acid deficient, and treatment with vitamin C supplements led to resolution of these lesions.Keywords
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