Indian Journal of Dermatology (Jan 2002)

Pellagra In An Alcoholic

  • Thappa Devinder Mohan,
  • Karthikeyan Kaliaperumal

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 47, no. 3
pp. 173 – 175

Abstract

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Pellagra is a nutritional disorder that occurs due to niacin deficiency. In the present day context, in western world, pellagra is confined to individuals who have improper food intake, such as psychiatry patients, alcoholics and recluses. Here with we report a case of pellagra occurring in a 60 year old male who was a chronic alcoholic.