Medical Hypotheses
Volume 59, Issue 1 , Pages 52-56, July 2002

Barlow's disease

  • C.A.B Clemetson

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Professor C. A. B. Clemetson, School of Medicine, Tulane University, 5844 Fontainblean Drive, New Orleans, LA 70125, USA. Phone: 504-866-1525

Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Received 3 July 2001; accepted 1 November 2001.

Abstract 

The classical form of Barlow's disease or infantile scurvy, with bruises, broken bones and sores that will not heal, is rarely seen today, but it seems to be reappearing under a different guise, when infants with borderline vitamin C depletion are assaulted with too many inoculations at one time.

Moreover, it is now sometimes mistakenly diagnosed as child abuse.

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PII: S0306-9877(02)00114-7

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 59, Issue 1 , Pages 52-56, July 2002

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