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Multiple choice

A patient advised to take citrus fruits may be suffering from

  1. pellagra

  2. cheilosis

  3. anaemia

  4. scurvy

  5. night blindness

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Explanation

It is a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C,  which is required for the synthesis of collagen in humans. Citrus fruits are given for the deficiency of vitamin C.

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