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Human genes for pellagra

Pellagra [DOID:8457]

A nutritional deficiency disease that is characterized by deficiency of niacin (vitamin B3), has_symptom gastrointestinal disturbance, anorexia, diarrhea, dementia, hallucinations, depression, psychosis, and/or non-specific skin changes, and has_material_basis_in deficiency of niacin, often from inadequate diet, malabsorption, or medication side effects.

Synonyms:  pellagra,  DOID:8457,  pellagras,  Niacin deficiency,  Niacin-tryptophan deficiency ...

Linkouts:  OMIM

The disease-gene associations are derived from automatic text mining of the biomedical literature, manually curated database annotations, cancer mutation data, and genome-wide association studies. The confidence of each association is signified by stars, where ★★★★★ is the highest confidence and ★☆☆☆☆ is the lowest.

Developed by Sune Frankild, Alexander Junge, Albert Pallejà, Dhouha Grissa, Kalliopi Tsafou, and Lars Juhl Jensen from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research.