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Match the pair with deficiency resulting in swollen lips,thick pigmented skin of hands and legs and irritability

A

Iodine-goitre

B

Niacin-pellagra

C

Thiamine-beri beri

D

Protein –Kwashiorkor

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The correct Answer is:
B
Vitamin `B_5` or Niacin deficiency causes rough skin, inflammation of skin which becomes scaly and papillated results in pellagra.
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