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Pellagra: A Non-Eradicated Old Disease

We report a case of a 50-year old homeless male who presented with pellagra and pellagrous encephalopathy. The characteristic - if not pathognomonic - skin lesions of pellagra support its diagnosis on solely clinical grounds. Clinicians should keep a high index of suspicion, in certain patient group...

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Autor principal: Savvidou, Savvoula
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4019925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24847436
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2014.637