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Rev Cent Dermatol Pascua 2006; 15 (3)

Pellagra: A case presentation

Medina CD, Schwartzberg JS

Language: Spanish
References: 15
Page: 164-167
PDF size: 128.77 Kb.


ABSTRACT

We present the case of a 63 year old man with pellagra. The causes of the disease were most importantly alcoholism, as well as malnutrition worsened by renal insufficiency and multiple pathologies that the patient presented. We analyze the subject with emphasis on etiology, clinical characteristics and treatment.


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