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A case of alcoholic pellagra presenting with dementia and polyneuropathy

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The authors are grateful to the patient and his family.

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This work was supported in part by grants from the Shandong Province postdoctoral innovation research program and Jinan Science and Technology Development Plan (grant no. 201805076).

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  1. Department of Neurology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated To Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

    Qinghua Zhang, Xiao Man, Shi Tang, Yongxiang Wang, Yifeng Du & Lin Cong

  2. Department of Neurology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

    Qinghua Zhang, Xiao Man, Shi Tang, Yongxiang Wang, Yifeng Du & Lin Cong

  3. Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

    Qinghua Zhang, Xiao Man, Shi Tang, Yongxiang Wang, Yifeng Du & Lin Cong

  4. Department of Health Management, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

    Wenguang Wang

  5. Center of Multiple Disciplinary Team, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated To Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

    Yujie Feng

  6. Center of Multiple Disciplinary Team, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

    Yujie Feng

  7. Department of Neurology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, No. 324 Jingwuweiqi Road, Jinan, 250021, Shandong, China

    Lin Cong

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Zhang, Q., Man, X., Wang, W. et al. A case of alcoholic pellagra presenting with dementia and polyneuropathy. Neurol Sci 43, 739–741 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-021-05717-x

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