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Descriptor English: Scurvy
Descriptor Spanish: Escorbuto
Descriptor escorbuto
Scope note: Trastorno adquirido de los vasos sanguíneos que está causado por un intenso déficit de vitamina C (ÁCIDO ASCÓRBICO) en la dieta, que determina un déficit de formación de colágeno en los vasos sanguíneos pequeños. El escorbuto se caracteriza por hemorragias en cualquier tejido, debilidad, ANEMIA, encías esponjosas e intensas induraciones en los músculos de los muslos y las piernas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Escorbuto
Descriptor French: Scorbut
Entry term(s): Hypoascorbemia
Hypoascorbemias
Scorbutus
Scurvies
Tree number(s): C14.907.454.800
C15.378.463.515.800
C18.654.521.500.133.115.661
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012614
Scope note: An acquired blood vessel disorder caused by severe deficiency of vitamin C (ASCORBIC ACID) in the diet leading to defective collagen formation in small blood vessels. Scurvy is characterized by bleeding in any tissue, weakness, ANEMIA, spongy gums, and a brawny induration of the muscles of the calves and legs.
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
Related: Ascorbic Acid Deficiency MeSH
DeCS ID: 12995
Unique ID: D012614
NLM Classification: WD 140
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Scurvy - Preferred
Concept UI M0019569
Scope note An acquired blood vessel disorder caused by severe deficiency of vitamin C (ASCORBIC ACID) in the diet leading to defective collagen formation in small blood vessels. Scurvy is characterized by bleeding in any tissue, weakness, ANEMIA, spongy gums, and a brawny induration of the muscles of the calves and legs.
Preferred term Scurvy
Entry term(s) Hypoascorbemia
Hypoascorbemias
Scorbutus
Scurvies



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