Pellagra
"Pellagra" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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).
| Descriptor ID |
D010383
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.521.500.133.699.529
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pellagra" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Rutlen C, Blatt P, Kim T, Burnett J. A Worsening Rash. Am J Med. 2022 01; 135(1):e1-e3.