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ArticleCureus2019

Scurvy: A Rare Cause of Anemia.

Frank R Ricaurte, Tariq Kewan, Hamed Daw

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In one paragraph

Article in Cureus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 87% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Scurvy as a Cause of Leg Pain and Limp in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients.Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Frank R RicaurteWestlake High School, Cleveland, USA.
Tariq KewanInternal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic - Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, USA.
Hamed DawHematology and Oncology, Cleveland Clinic - Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, USA.
Westlake University · CNCleveland Clinic · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scurvy is a rather uncommon disease today, and its symptoms can certainly be exhibited with vitamin C deficiency. Dangerously low levels of the vitamin can cause serious health complications and have been proven to be fatal. We present the case of a 42-year-old female with multiple primary diagnoses: easy bruising and Raynaud's syndrome without gangrene. The purpose of this report is to call attention to the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of scurvy.

Indexed as

anemiadeficiencyhemorrhageperifollicularscurvyvitamin c supplementation

Identifiers

PMID31720162
PMCPMC6823021
OpenAlexW2973801855

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Registered trials

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