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Vitamin C deficiency
Corkscrew hair and perifollicular petechiae which are commonly seen in scurvy
Shah V, et al. Case Rep Med 2021 Mar 30; 2021: 5519937; used with permission
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Vitamin C deficiency
Recommended daily quantity of vitamin C to prevent deficiency. The appropriate RDA has been disputed in several large reviews. These guidelines are drawn from the most recent published large consensus of appropriate intake based on data from historical, biologic, epidemiologic, and intervention studies
From: Panel on Dietary Antioxidants and Related Compounds, Subcommittees on Upper Reference Levels of Nutrients and Interpretation and Uses of DRIs, Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine. Chapter 5: vitamin C. In: Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine's Dietary reference intakes for vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, and carotenoids. Washington DC: National Academy Press; 2000: 95-185
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