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  • Title: Pellagra: an old enemy of timeless importance.
    Author: Brown TM.
    Journal: Psychosomatics; 2010; 51(2):93-7. PubMed ID: 20332283.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: In the United States, pellagra is infrequently reported. Yet this disorder does occur among malnourished persons. OBJECTIVE: The author seeks to clarify diagnosis and treatment. METHOD: The author describes various presentations and effects of this disorder. RESULTS: Knowledge of classic and atypical presentations can assist in making the diagnosis. The author presents two cases of pellagra that exemplify the classic and atypical presentations. CONCLUSION: The typically robust response of the disorder to physiologic doses of niacin can assist in confirming the diagnosis.
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