Pellagra and Alcohol Dependence Syndrome: Findings From a Tertiary Care Addiction Treatment Centre in India

Pellagra diagnosed according to skin lesions and response to niacin was diagnosed in 1% of 2947 patients admitted to an Indian alcohol treatment centre. Of the classical symptom triad, 58% had delirium and 19% had diarrhoea. Half had a body mass index

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Veröffentlicht in:	Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford) 2019-03, Vol.54 (2), p.148-151
Hauptverfasser:	Narasimha, Venkata Lakshmi, Ganesh, Suhas, Reddy, Sarath, Shukla, Lekhansh, Mukherjee, Diptadhi, Kandasamy, Arun, Chand, Prabhat K, Benegal, Vivek, Murthy, Pratima
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium - epidemiology Alcoholism - complications Alcoholism - epidemiology Comorbidity Humans India - epidemiology Korsakoff Syndrome - complications Korsakoff Syndrome - epidemiology Niacin - therapeutic use Pellagra - complications Pellagra - diagnosis Pellagra - drug therapy Pellagra - epidemiology Poverty - statistics & numerical data Prevalence Substance Abuse Treatment Centers - statistics & numerical data Tertiary Healthcare - statistics & numerical data Vitamins - therapeutic use Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Pellagra diagnosed according to skin lesions and response to niacin was diagnosed in 1% of 2947 patients admitted to an Indian alcohol treatment centre. Of the classical symptom triad, 58% had delirium and 19% had diarrhoea. Half had a body mass index
ISSN:	0735-0414 1464-3502
DOI:	10.1093/alcalc/agz004