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A disease due to deficiency of NIACIN, a B-complex vitamin, or its precursor TRYPTOPHAN. It is characterized by scaly DERMATITIS which is often associated with DIARRHEA and DEMENTIA (the three D's).
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- Pellagras
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pellagra. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010383. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010383
- Pellagra. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pellagra
- Pellagra. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221441