Vitamin deficiency causes clinical disease Vitamin C deficiency causes scurvy. Vitamin C is important for the maintenance of endothelial boundaries, with edema noted in scurvy. Vitamin C is also required for the synthesis of catecholamines and cortisol, so deficiency causes failure of the sympathetic nervous system. #Pathophysiology #VitaminC #AscorbicAcid #Catecholamine #Synthesis
