Dietary Deficiency of Vitamin C for a Duration of 4

question 28

Multiple Choice

Dietary deficiency of vitamin C for a duration of 4 months or more leads to the typical changes of __________.

• A) rickets
• B) hypervitaminosis D
• C) scurvy
• D) hypervitaminosis A

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Definitions:

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