UNILATERAL PURPURA REVEALING SCURVY

Authors
BEAULIEU P LONJON I MOLINIE V LARVOL L BARGE J PRADALIER A SOULE JC
Citation
P. Beaulieu et al., UNILATERAL PURPURA REVEALING SCURVY, Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie, 121(10), 1994, pp. 715-717
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
01519638
Volume
121
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
715 - 717
Database
ISI
SICI code
0151-9638(1994)121:10<715:UPRS>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We report a case of scurvy. This case is interesting by the unilateral character of the ecchymotic leg's purpura. Ascorbic acid assays do no t yet enable subclinical vitamine C deficiency to be reliably detected . Hence the importance of knowing the situation which expose to this d eficiency.