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1: Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2007 Oct;16(7):417-20.Click here to read Links

Pellagra: a rare complication of anorexia nervosa.

Jagielska G, Tomaszewicz-Libudzic EC, Brzozowska A.

Department of Child Psychiatry, Medical University of Warszaw, Warszawa, Poland. twolancz@amwaw.edu.pl

Pellagra is a potentially fatal, nutritional disease with cutaneous, gastrointestinal, and neuropsychiatric manifestations. Because of the diversity of pellagra's signs and symptoms, diagnosis is difficult without an appropriate index of suspicion. A case of pellagra in a 14-year-old girl with anorexia nervosa is presented. Signs and symptoms of pellagra were resolved after niacin therapy and dietary treatment.

PMID: 17712518 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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