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Trop Doct
; 42(3): 182-4, 2012 Jul.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22785547
RESUMO
Pellagra is a disease of poverty that is treatable but easily overlooked. The disease is caused by a deficiency of niacin and is clinically characterized by the triad of dermatitis, diarrhoea and dementia. We describe two cases of pellagra in a Malawian district hospital and discuss the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and treatment of the disease.