Vitamin C deficiency as an unusual cause of pulmonary hypertension and refusal to walk

Vitamin C deficiency has been a historical disease rarely seen nowadays. We illustrate a case of a boy with autism presenting with severe pulmonary hypertension and refusal to walk secondary to vitamin C deficiency. Initiating treatment with high-dose vitamin C reversed his symptoms and he regained...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cardiology in the young 2021-02, Vol.31 (2), p.322-324
Hauptverfasser:	Tan, Jason W Y, Lee, Olive P E, Leong, Ming Chern
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Autism Heart Hypertension Nutrition therapy Patients Pulmonary hypertension Signs and symptoms Vitamin C Vitamin deficiency
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