

This test is useful in the diagnosis of deficiency which causes scurvy which is a disease involving bones, joints and mucous membranes. Scurvy is rare, usually affecting children of between 6 and 12 months nourished exclusively on formula without any vegetables or fresh fruit. It can also occur in alcoholics, the elderly and patients suffering from chronic malabsorption or on non-supplemented parenteral alimentation.
G/F Unit 03, Plazuela Dos, Sen. Benigno S. Aquino Ave., Mandurriao, Iloilo City, 5000
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