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Vitamin C deficiency as an unusual cause of pulmonary hypertension and refusal to walk.

Jason Weng Yew TanOlive P E LeeMing Chern Leong
Published in: Cardiology in the young (2020)
Vitamin C deficiency has been a historical disease rarely seen nowadays. We illustrate a case of a boy with autism presenting with severe pulmonary hypertension and refusal to walk secondary to vitamin C deficiency. Initiating treatment with high-dose vitamin C reversed his symptoms and he regained full power of his lower limbs with total normalisation of his pulmonary pressures.
Keyphrases
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • high dose
  • pulmonary artery
  • pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • replacement therapy
  • autism spectrum disorder
  • low dose
  • intellectual disability
  • early onset
  • coronary artery
  • sleep quality