
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.
Bettiker is a professor of clinical medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is an infectious disease specialist who focuses on HIV and HIV prevention.

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.