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Escorbuto é uma doença causada pela deficiência severa de vitamina C ( ácido ascóbico) na dieta. Vitamina C apresenta papel central na formação do colágeno e substância básica, metabolismo de aminoácidos aromáticos (fenilalanina, tirosina), redução do ácido fólico a ácido folínico e uma ampla gama de reações bioquímicas redox . As características clínicas incluem hemorragias perifoliculares, equimoses, gengivas edemaciadas (inchadas) e com sangramento, estomatite e epistaxe. | |||
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Scurvy is a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in the diet. Vitamin C plays a central role in collagen and ground-substance formation, metabolism of aromatic amino acids (phenylalanine, tyrosine), reduction of folic acid to folinic acid and a broad range of biochemical redox reactions. Clinical features include perifollicular haemorrhages, ecchymoses, swollen bleeding gums, stomatitis and epistaxis. | |||
Revision as of 05:32, 13 August 2026
Scurvy is a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in the diet. Vitamin C plays a central role in collagen and ground-substance formation, metabolism of aromatic amino acids (phenylalanine, tyrosine), reduction of folic acid to folinic acid and a broad range of biochemical redox reactions. Clinical features include perifollicular haemorrhages, ecchymoses, swollen bleeding gums, stomatitis and epistaxis.
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Scurvy is a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in the diet. Vitamin C plays a central role in collagen and ground-substance formation, metabolism of aromatic amino acids (phenylalanine, tyrosine), reduction of folic acid to folinic acid and a broad range of biochemical redox reactions. Clinical features include perifollicular haemorrhages, ecchymoses, swollen bleeding gums, stomatitis and epistaxis. |
