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Descriptor English: Ascorbic Acid Deficiency
Descriptor Spanish: Deficiencia de Ácido Ascórbico
Descriptor deficiencia de ácido ascórbico
Entry term(s) carencia de vitamina C
deficiencia de vitamina C
déficit de vitamina C
Scope note: Afección debida al déficit de ácido ascórbico (vitamina C) en la dieta, caracterizada por malestar, letargia y debilidad. A medida que progresa, los tejidos de las articulaciones, músculos y subcutáneos pueden sufrir hemorragias. En niños pequeños alimentados exclusivamente con leche de vaca no suplementada durante el primer año, el déficit de ácido ascórbico frecuentemente evoluciona hacia el ESCORBUTO. También es frecuente en casos de alcoholismo crónico. (Traducción libre del original: Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1177)
Descriptor Portuguese: Deficiência de Ácido Ascórbico
Descriptor French: Carence en acide ascorbique
Entry term(s): Ascorbic Acid Deficiencies
Deficiencies, Ascorbic Acid
Deficiencies, Vitamin C
Deficiency, Ascorbic Acid
Deficiency, Vitamin C
Vitamin C Deficiencies
Vitamin C Deficiency
Tree number(s): C18.654.521.500.133.115
SP6.990.625.344.378.400.498
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001206
Scope note: 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)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Entry Version: ASCORBIC ACID DEFIC
Related: Scurvy MeSH
DeCS ID: 1213
Unique ID: D001206
NLM Classification: WD 140
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Ascorbic Acid Deficiency - Preferred
Concept UI M0001803
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Ascorbic Acid Deficiency
Entry term(s) Ascorbic Acid Deficiencies
Deficiencies, Ascorbic Acid
Deficiencies, Vitamin C
Deficiency, Ascorbic Acid
Deficiency, Vitamin C
Vitamin C Deficiencies
Vitamin C Deficiency



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