SCURVY — A FORGOTTEN DISEASE UNDER THE GUISE OF HEMORRHAGIC VASCULITIS by N. S. Chipigina, N. Yu. Karpova, M. A. Bolshakova, T. Y. Kalinina, E. D. Askhabova, L. M. Yuzakharova, S. D. Bagmanyan, K. A. Badalyan, O. K. Yutsevich

“…Background. Scurvy is very rarely seen in modern conditions. Material and Methods. …”
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Children and Young Adults from the Early Sarmatian Burials of the Lower Volga Region (Paleopathological Perspective) by Evgeniy V. Pererva, Valentina Yu. Chistobaeva

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Palaeopathology of sub-adults from Gonur-Depe (Turkmenistan) by Kufterin V.V.

“…Low frequency of traces of infections, as well as absence of a single case of scurvy, rickets or trauma suggest the optimal living conditions of the population. …”
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On the status and selectivity of the infant burials of the Yamnaya Archaeological Culture of the Southern Urals (based on the excavation materials of the burial mound No. 1 of the... by Morgunova N.L., Faizullin A.A., Mustafin H.H., Alborova I.E., Kiseleva D.V., Chechetkina O.Yu., Mednikova M.B.

“…Child No. 1 from burial No. 4, represented only by the cranium, had possibly suffered from scurvy. Here we publish the results of the analysis of ancient DNA aimed at identifying the sex of the interred, as well as the results of the Sr isotope analysis, which allows determination of their ‘local’ or ‘distant’ origin. …”
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