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Descriptor English: Pellagra
Descriptor Spanish: Pelagra
Descriptor pelagra
Scope note: Enfermedad carencial debida a la deficiencia de niacina, una vitamina del complejo B, o de su precursor, el TRIPTÓFANO. Se caracteriza por DERMATITIS ESCAMOSA, con frecuencia asociada a DEMENCIA y DIARREA (las tres DD).
Descriptor Portuguese: Pelagra
Descriptor French: Pellagre
Entry term(s): Pellagras
Tree number(s): C18.654.521.500.133.699.529
SP6.990.625.344.378.400.332.305.459
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010383
Scope note: A disease due to deficiency of NIACIN, a B-complex vitamin, or its precursor TRYPTOPHAN. It is characterized by scaly DERMATITIS which is often associated with DIARRHEA and DEMENTIA (the three D's).
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Related: Nicotinic Acid Deficiency DeCS
DeCS ID: 10576
Unique ID: D010383
NLM Classification: WD 126
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2006/07/05
Pellagra - Preferred
Concept UI M0016099
Scope note A disease due to deficiency of NIACIN, a B-complex vitamin, or its precursor TRYPTOPHAN. It is characterized by scaly DERMATITIS which is often associated with DIARRHEA and DEMENTIA (the three D's).
Preferred term Pellagra
Entry term(s) Pellagras



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