Sentences with phrase «not pellagra»

Not exact matches

Not just because of the pellagra.

Right away, Goldberger saw a flaw in the fly - infection theory: Institutions with pellagra cases consistently reported that staff members, presumably vulnerable to the same flies, weren't diagnosed with the disease.

Another factor is the high mortality in the Rose Corn Oil trial, another the fact that the toxins that cause pellagra are still not known and may be present in corn products.

Vitamin B3 deficiency lasting for few months [7] causes pellagra (Italian pella agra = rough skin) with «four D» symptoms: dermatitis with burn - like blisters and later rough, scaly and painful, but not itchy, lesions on the sun - exposed areas (face, extension side of the hands / arms and leg / feet), diarrhea, dementia and death (if not treated)[1].