Neuropsychiatric scurvy

Psychosomatics. 2015 Jan-Feb;56(1):12-20. doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2014.05.010. Epub 2014 Jun 2.

Abstract

Background: Scurvy is a disease with well-known peripheral symptoms, such as bleeding and pain.

Methods: The clinical and historical evidence for a distinct form of scurvy affecting the central nervous system, called neuropsychiatric scurvy, is reviewed. Pathophysiologic factors are described, as well as its diagnosis and management.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Central Nervous System Diseases / complications*
  • Central Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology
  • Central Nervous System Diseases / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Rats
  • Scurvy / complications*
  • Scurvy / physiopathology*
  • Scurvy / therapy*