title: [Deficiency neuropathies in Madrid during the Civil War period].
abstract: During the Spanish Civil War Madrid was submitted to a prolonged siege. The civilians were only fed with the official diet and suffered severe malnutrition. A group of physicians, represented by Manuel Peraita, studied the epidemic of deficiency diseases in detail. The majority of the complications were neurological. Peraita isolated a relatively unknown paresthesic syndrome possibly related to pellagra. The present is a small homage to a forgotten generation of neurologists.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Neurología, Hospital Universitario Principe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García-Albea Ristol
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history*; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000266:history*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014857:Warfare