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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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1985
1985
Pellagra in a patient with anorexia nervosa.
A 20-year-old woman was seen with the associated disorders of pellagra and anorexia nervosa, both of which had been present for… 
1971
1971
A new enzyme that specifically inactivates apo-protein of NAD-dependent dehydrogenases.
Highly Cited
1958
Highly Cited
1958
The indole acids of human urine; paper chromatography of indole acids.
1953
1953
Niacin-tryptophan deficiency resulting from amono acid imbalance in non-casein diets.
Highly Cited
1945
Highly Cited
1945
Production of nicotinic acid deficiency with 3-acetylpyridine, the ketone analogue of nicotinic acid.
1939
1939
RECENT ADVANCES IN THE TREATMENT OF PELLAGRA AND ASSOCIATED DEFICIENCIES
Excerpt In 1735 Gaspar Casal, a Spanish physician, first described pellagra and shrewdly pointed out that this disease is related… 
Highly Cited
1939
Highly Cited
1939
PELLAGRA, BERIBERI AND RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY IN HUMAN BEINGS: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
During the past ten years, from our studies of deficiency diseases in human beings, we have accumulated evidence which shows that… 
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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