
At 7.1%, vitamin C deficiency in the US is rare. Unfortunately, identifying scurvy is complex, frustrating, and time-consuming for both patient and provider.
Flores is a first-year medical student at Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his BS in biomedical science at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida.

At 7.1%, vitamin C deficiency in the US is rare. Unfortunately, identifying scurvy is complex, frustrating, and time-consuming for both patient and provider.