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Ariboflavinosis

Ariboflavinosis (ariboflavinosis; and - – otritsa. a ribose + the lat is frequent +. flavus – yellow + Greek - Usis (словообраз. a suffix) – a disease) – the disease developing because of a lack or absence of Riboflavinum food and also at its insufficient assimilation or absorption. The ariboflavinosis is shown by a glossitis, angular stomatitis, a cheilitis, later – changes of skin as violent or seborrheal dermatitis, conjunctivitis, formation of cracks in the field of generative organs and an anus, disturbances from a nervous system, hypochromia anemia.

 
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