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Pellagra

Known as: NIACIN DEFICIENCY PELLAGRA, Niacin deficiency, Pellagras 
A disease due to deficiency of NIACIN, a B-complex vitamin, or its precursor TRYPTOPHAN. It is characterized by scaly DERMATITIS which is often… 
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Nutritional and Metabolic DiseasesVitamin B DeficiencyVitamin Deficiency

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2001
2001
The uses of 'Uses of epidemiology'.
In 1944 the Association for Education in Citizenship published a pamphlet entitled ‘Health’ by Major Jerry Morris 1 (of the Royal… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Bio-enrichment: production of vitamins in fermented foods
Less than a hundred years ago, vitamin deficiency diseases were common in the United States. Unfortunately hundreds of millions… 
1997
1997
Inhibitory effect of nicotinamide on in vitro and in vivo production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
An outbreak of pellagra related to changes in dietary niacin among Mozambican refugees in Malawi.
Between February and October 1990, 18,276 cases of pellagra dermatitis (due to niacin deficiency) were reported among 285,942… 
Highly Cited
1958
Highly Cited
1958
The indole acids of human urine; paper chromatography of indole acids.
Highly Cited
1957
Highly Cited
1957
Determination of 5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid and histamine in thirty-three cases of carcinoid tumor (argentaffinoma).
Highly Cited
1945
Highly Cited
1945
Production of nicotinic acid deficiency with 3-acetylpyridine, the ketone analogue of nicotinic acid.
Highly Cited
1937
Highly Cited
1937
Treatment of Human Pellagra with Nicotinic Acid
Summary Improvement in 4 patients with pellagra following administration of nicotinic acid was as satisfactory as that following… 
Highly Cited
1937
Highly Cited
1937
PELLAGRA SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH NICOTINIC ACID: A CASE REPORT
It is well known that liver and certain of its extracts are highly effective in the treatment of canine blacktongue and human… 
Highly Cited
1934
Highly Cited
1934
Vitamin B2 and the Pellagra-like Dermatitis in Rats
IN our first experiments on the concentration and isolation1 of vitamin B2, we failed to observe definite changes in the skin and… 
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