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Along with dietary history, evaluating serum ascorbic acid levels should be considered for patients with classic signs and symptoms of scurvy, as well as for those with common, nonspecific, chronic musculoskeletal complaints. Vitamin C deficiency is generally defined as plasma or serum concentrations less than 0.2 mg/dL, or the the level at which signs and symptoms of scurvy may appear. Serum ascorbic acid concentrations between 0.2 and 0.4 mg/dl are considered low.
Vitamin C, also referred to as L-ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble vitamin that is naturally present in some foods, fortified in others, and available as a dietary supplement alone or in multivitamins.1,2 Humans, unlike most animals, cannot synthesize vitamin C de novo and must obtain it as an essential dietary component.
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