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pellagra
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
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pellagra The disease due to deficiency of the
vitamin niacin and the
amino acid tryptophan. Signs include a characteristic symmetrical photosensitive dermatitis (especially on the face and back of the hands), resembling severe sunburn; mental disturbances (a depressive psychosis sometimes called dementia); and digestive disorders (most commonly diarrhoea); fatal if untreated.
Most commonly associated with a diet based on
maize or
sorghum, which are poor sources of both tryptophan and niacin, with little meat or other vegetables.
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Pellagra may be a rare secondary complication of anorexia nervosa: a systematic review of the literature. (Pellagra/Anorexia Nervosa).
Magazine article from: Alternative Medicine Review; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Abstract Pellagra is a nutritional wasting disease attributable...literature reveals several case reports describing pellagra in patients with anorexia nervosa. The most common features of pellagra in patients with anorexia nervosa are cutaneous...
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Analysis: Dr. Joseph Goldberger and his research into pellagra
Transcript from: NPR Special; 10/2/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Joseph Goldberger and his research into pellagra Host: ALEX CHADWICK Time: 4:00...CHADWICK, host: The medical term `pellagra' sounds like one of those obscure...pharmaceutical industry. But 100 years ago, pellagra was a well-known and feared disease...
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Pellagra in 2 homeless men
Magazine article from: Mayo Clinic Proceedings; 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Case Report Pellagra is a nutritional disease with cutaneous...manifestations. Because of the diversity of pellagra's signs and symptoms, diagnosis is...appropriate index of suspicion. Untreated, pellagra is fatal. Two cases of pellagra in...
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Outbreak of pellagra among Mozambican refugees - Malawi, 1990.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 4/5/1991; 700+ words
; ...Micronutrient deficiency disorders, including pellagra, have emerged as major problems in refugee...report summarizes an investigation of pellagra that occurred among Mozambican refugees...During July-October 1989,1169 cases of pellagra were detected among Mozambican refugees...
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Skin scourge: the unsightly disease had a surprising source.(Pellagra)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication; 12/1/2004; 700+ words
; Symptoms: Pellagra is known as the disease of the four D...deterioration), and death. The word pellagra means "skin that is rough" in Italian...more than 3 million people contracted pellagra. One hundred thousand of those died...
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Scientists at Harper University target pellagra.
Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly; 3/17/2009; 700+ words
; "Pellagra is a rare clinical syndrome caused by...in the United States report (see also Pellagra). "Tryptophan levels were low. Treatment...vulvar lesions should be evaluated for pellagra," wrote O. Reichman and colleagues...
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Pellagra breaks out in famine-hit Zambia
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 10/8/2002; 308 words
; Pellagra breaks out in famine-hit Zambia LUSAKA, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Cases of pellagra were surfacing among malnourished people in...confirmed the outbreak. Though a rare disorder, pellagra is caused by a deficiency of nicotinic acid...
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Bie: 2.500 Cases of Pellagra Recorded in Kuito City.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 8/3/2004; 416 words
; ...Africa Global Media via COMTEX) At least 2.500 cases of pellagra (skin disease) have been diagnosed by the health services...the World Food Programme are distribution nutritive food. Pellagra is a sickness caused by lack of vitamins and proteins and affects...
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ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE WAR ON DISEASE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/29/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...occupy him for the rest of his life: pellagra. His search for the cause and cure of...Work of a Public Health Crusader." Pellagra killed thousands of Americans in the...of Goldberger's colleagues believed pellagra was an infectious disease. But Goldberger...
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It's All in the Diet
Newspaper article from: The Jerusalem Report; 6/28/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...solitary scientist unraveled the mystery of pellagra, the painful and often- fatal disease...CASES OF, and some 100,000 deaths by, pellagra, an illness characterized by painful...for uncovering the cause and cure of pellagra, reminds us how close we are to medical...
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Pellagra in the South
Book article from: American Decades
PELLAGRA IN THE SOUTH American Outbreak Pellagra is a disease caused by a diet deficiency of nicotinamide...in 1735 by Don Pedro Casal, physician to King Philip V, pellagra was for many years thought to be nonexistent in America...
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Pellagra
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Pellagra Definition Pellagra is a disorder brought on by a deficiency of the nutrient called...mg in infants up to 20 mg in certain adults. Causes and symptoms Pellagra can be either primary or secondary. Primary pellagra results when...
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Niacin Deficiency (Pellagra)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
NIACIN DEFICIENCY (PELLAGRA) NIACIN DEFICIENCY (PELLAGRA). Deficiency of the vitamin niacin can result in the disease pellagra. This illness is characterized by the appearance of severe dermatitis on the parts of the skin that have been exposed...
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pellagra
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
pellagra , deficiency disease due to a lack of niacin (nicotinic acid), one of the components of the B complex...diet to prevent recurrences. Bibliography: See D. A. Roe, A Plague of Corn: A Social History of Pellagra (1973).
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Goldberger, Joseph
Book article from: Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z
...appointed him to study the disease pellagra, which was becoming prevalent in the southern United States. Pellagra is characterized by skin rashes, mouth...mental deterioration. At the time, pellagra was thought to be an infectious disease...
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