"Ascorbic Acid Deficiency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A condition due to a dietary deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C), characterized by malaise, lethargy, and weakness. As the disease progresses, joints, muscles, and subcutaneous tissues may become the sites of hemorrhage. Ascorbic acid deficiency frequently develops into SCURVY in young children fed unsupplemented cow's milk exclusively during their first year. It develops also commonly in chronic alcoholism. (Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1177)
| Descriptor ID |
D001206
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.521.500.133.115
|
| Concept/Terms |
Ascorbic Acid Deficiency- Ascorbic Acid Deficiency
- Vitamin C Deficiency
- Deficiency, Vitamin C
- Deficiencies, Vitamin C
- Vitamin C Deficiencies
- Deficiency, Ascorbic Acid
- Ascorbic Acid Deficiencies
- Deficiencies, Ascorbic Acid
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Ascorbic Acid Deficiency".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Ascorbic Acid Deficiency".
- Ascorbic Acid Deficiency
- Scurvy
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Ascorbic Acid Deficiency" by people in this website by year, and whether "Ascorbic Acid Deficiency" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Ascorbic Acid Deficiency" by people in Profiles.
-
Sirover WD, Liu Y, Logan A, Hunter K, Benz RL, Prasad D, Avila J, Venkatchalam T, Weisberg LS, Handelman GJ. Plasma ascorbic acid concentrations in prevalent patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis. J Ren Nutr. 2015 May; 25(3):292-300.
-
Raimann JG, Levin NW, Craig RG, Sirover W, Kotanko P, Handelman G. Is vitamin C intake too low in dialysis patients? Semin Dial. 2013 Jan-Feb; 26(1):1-5.
-
Richter A, Kuhlmann MK, Seibert E, Kotanko P, Levin NW, Handelman GJ. Vitamin C deficiency and secondary hyperparathyroidism in chronic haemodialysis patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008 Jun; 23(6):2058-63.
-
Handelman GJ. Newer strategies for anemia prevention in hemodialysis. Int J Artif Organs. 2007 Nov; 30(11):1014-9.
-
Handelman GJ. Vitamin C neglect in hemodialysis: sailing between Scylla and Charybdis. Blood Purif. 2007; 25(1):58-61.
-
Handelman GJ. Vitamin C deficiency in dialysis patients--are we perceiving the tip of an iceberg? Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2007 Feb; 22(2):328-31.
-
Tucker KL. Stress and nutrition in relation to excess development of chronic disease in Puerto Rican adults living in the Northeastern USA. J Med Invest. 2005 Nov; 52 Suppl:252-8.
-
Handelman GJ. Current studies on oxidant stress in dialysis. Blood Purif. 2003; 21(1):46-50.