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Goose skin in a girl with Ehlers–Danlos syndrome [PDF]
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2015 Pellagra is a nutritional disorder secondary to niacin deficiency. The classical triad is dermatitis, diarrhea, and dementia. We report the case of a young girl with hypermobility-type Ehlers–Danlos syndrome who exhibited the classical pellagra symptoms,
Jared Martínez-Coronado +2 more
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Isoniazid‐induced pellagra in a patient with Crohn's disease
Clinical Case Reports, 2020 Isoniazid preventive therapy in malnourished patients with Crohn's disease has a potential of inducing pellagra but still a very rare situation. No cases of isoniazid‐induced pellagra in patients with Crohn's disease were reported in the literature ...
Hela Kchir +3 more
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Pellagra Disease in a Hemodialysis Patient
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2020 Pellagra usually results from niacin deficiency and presents with the classic triad of dermatitis, diarrhea, and dementia. It is most commonly associated with malnutrition and poverty.
Sana Barrah +9 more
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Przegląd Dermatologiczny, 2022 Currently pellagra is usually the subject of dermatological or non-dermatological case reports. Since the first description of the disease, its cause has remained unknown for many years. There were no known methods of prevention and treatment.
Andrzej K. Jaworek +5 more
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Common nutritional deficiency with unusual site of presentation
The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021 Background Pellagra is a nutritional disorder due to deficiency of vitamin B3 (niacin) which is characterized by dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea, and death.
Kandan Balamurugesan +2 more
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Pellagra and alcoholism: case report
Revista Ciências em Saúde, 2022 Pellagra is mainly caused by a niacin deficiency or its precursor amino acid, tryptophan. We report a case of a male patient, 34 years old, a chronic alcoholic with delirium tremens and gastrointestinal symptoms (diarrhea, inappetence, and heartburn). He
Ana Caroline Gonçalves de Sá Novaes +5 more
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Pellagra affecting a patient with Crohn's disease [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2017 : Pellagra is a nutritional disease caused by a deficiency of niacin. It may lead to death if not identified and treated timely. We review the literature and report a female patient presented with clinical features of pellagra as a complication of Crohn ...
Shi Hui +4 more
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Low and deficient niacin status and pellagra are endemic in postwar Angola [PDF]
, 2007 BACKGROUND: Outbreaks of pellagra were documented during the civil war in Angola, but no contemporary data on the incidence of pellagra or the prevalence of niacin deficiency were available.
Cheung, E +6 more
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Aetiological doctrines and prevalence of pellagra: 18th century to middle 20th century
South African Journal of Science, 2018 Pellagra is characterised by dermatological, gastrointestinal and neuropsychiatric manifestations. Millions contracted the disease and hundreds of thousands died between the time it was first recorded until pellagra was finally recognised as a niacin ...
Margaretha Viljoen +2 more
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Whole blood NAD and NADP concentrations are not depressed in subjects with clinical pellagra [PDF]
, 2007 Population surveys for niacin deficiency are normally based on clinical signs or on biochemical measurements of urinary niacin metabolites. Status may also be determined by measurement of whole blood NAD and NADP concentrations. To compare these methods,
Cheung, E +5 more
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