Taber's Medical Dictionary
Barlow disease
(bar′lō)
[Sir Thomas Barlow, Brit. physician, 1845-1945]
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) deficiency in infancy, also known as infantile scurvy. It occurs in both breast-fed and bottle-fed babies (usually between 6 and 12 months) who fail to receive adequate supplements of vitamin C.
SEE: infantile scurvy.
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Barlow disease. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767534/all/Barlow_disease. Accessed March 26, 2023.
Barlow disease. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767534/all/Barlow_disease
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