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Scurvy and its Anaemia
Coming into contact with a case with clinical features of severe scurvy but having haematological features almost indistinguishable from severe pernicious anaemia, and yet obtaining an immediate and rapid haematological response to treatment with ascorbic acid, prompted me to consult the literature...
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| description | Coming into contact with a case with clinical features of severe scurvy but having haematological features almost indistinguishable from severe pernicious anaemia, and yet obtaining an immediate and rapid haematological response to treatment with ascorbic acid, prompted me to consult the literature on the subject. Each new article read appeared to contradict the former so that I came away perplexed and confused. This confusion was easy to appreciate as deficiency of one vitamin usually means a deficiency in many other essential requirements. Consequently I felt that the dramatic haematological response was purely the result of supplying the necessary factor, in a case of nutritional macrocytic anaemia. This necessary factor was present in the full hospital diet given. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/31924 Scurvy and its Anaemia Stewart, Brian Bronte Scurvy Coming into contact with a case with clinical features of severe scurvy but having haematological features almost indistinguishable from severe pernicious anaemia, and yet obtaining an immediate and rapid haematological response to treatment with ascorbic acid, prompted me to consult the literature on the subject. Each new article read appeared to contradict the former so that I came away perplexed and confused. This confusion was easy to appreciate as deficiency of one vitamin usually means a deficiency in many other essential requirements. Consequently I felt that the dramatic haematological response was purely the result of supplying the necessary factor, in a case of nutritional macrocytic anaemia. This necessary factor was present in the full hospital diet given. 2020-05-19T11:34:04Z 2020-05-19T11:34:04Z 1950 2020-04-15T09:26:25Z Doctoral Thesis Doctoral https://hdl.handle.net/11427/31924 eng application/pdf Department of Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences |
| spellingShingle | Scurvy Stewart, Brian Bronte Scurvy and its Anaemia |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | Scurvy and its Anaemia |
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| title_short | Scurvy and its Anaemia |
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| topic | Scurvy |
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