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1. EXPERIMENTAL FOUNDATION

PAUL GYöRGY, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1941;43(2):230-247.

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Notwithstanding several attempts¹ in the past to establish a causal relation between diet and the condition of the skin, it is surprising that the possible role of accessory food factors of vitamin-like character has been discussed only to a limited extent in the clinical study of dermatoses.² It is equally apparent that the approach to experimental dermatologic research on a nutritional basis has not yet received proper consideration. Of the better known relations between dietary deficiencies and pathologic manifestations of the skin in human beings, those occurring in pellagra³ should be mentioned first. More recently the syndrome of deficiency of vitamin A with its cutaneous lesions has been the subject of study and is now well recognized.⁴

In so far as an experimental basis for clinical observations is concerned, the existence of analogies has been generally ignored between cutaneous manifestations in man and in animals, such . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CLEVELAND

From the Babies and Childrens Hospital and from the Department of Pediatrics, Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

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