Pellagra as the initial presentation of Crohn disease

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 12-

  Rosmaninho, Aristóteles ^a   Sanches, Madalena ^a   Fernandes, Iolanda Conde ^a   Pinto Almeida, Teresa ^a   Vilaça, Susana ^a   Oliveira, Ana ^a   Selores, Manuela ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINIC ACID; OMEPRAZOLE; POTASSIUM; PREDNISOLONE; TRANSFERRIN; ALBUMINOID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VITAMIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOLYSIS; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOOT; GLOSSITIS; GRANULOMA; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; ILEUM DISEASE; ILEUM ULCER; IRRITABILITY; LEG EDEMA; LETTER; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; PELLAGRA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; STENOSIS; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; MIDDLE AGED;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALBUMINS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; NIACIN; PELLAGRA; PREDNISOLONE; VITAMINS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84864411353     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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