MGIMS WARDHA MGIMS WARDHA Solved Paper-2004

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    Which  of the following pair is characterized by swollen lips, thick pigmented skin of hands and legs and irritability?

    A)  Iodine   - Goitre

    B)  Protein                  - Kwashiorkor

    C)  Thiamine              - Beri-beri

    D)  Nicotinamide ? Pellagra

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                     Pellagra is a disease caused by the deficiency of nicotinamide or nicotinic acid or niacin or vitamin \[{{B}_{3}}.\]It is frequent among people eating food with low tryptophan content. The                 symptoms of pellagra are inflammation of skin (Dermatitis) diarrhoea and dementia (mental deterioration which may lead to madeness).


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