Chronic Diarrhea in a Drinker: A Breakthrough Case of Pellagra in the US South
The triad of diarrhea, dementia, and dermatitis constitutes the clinical diagnosis of pellagra. However, most reported cases of pellagra have occurred without all components of the triad. Pellagra was declared eradicated in the United States after an outbreak in the 1920s, and is now considered to b...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2324709620941305 |