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  1. Which of the following pair is characterised by swollen lips, thick pigmented skin of hands and legs and irritability?
    1. Thiamine – Beri-Beri
    2. Protein – Kwashiorkor
    3. Nicotinamide – Pellagra
    4. Iodine – Goitre
Correct Option: C

Pellagra which is characterized by skin inflammation specially thick pigmented skin of hands and legs, swollen lips, diarrhoea & nervous disorder is caused by the deficiency of vitamin B3 also known as Nicotinic acid or Vitamin P.P. (Pellagra preventing vitamin).


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