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Nina Rodrigues, epidemiologista: estudo histórico de surtos de beribéri em um asilo para doentes mentais na Bahia, 1897-1904 [PDF]

História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2001
Relatam-se os surtos de beribéri no Asilo São João de Deus, no período 1897-1904, destacando o estudo do legista Nina Rodrigues. Objetivou-se reconstituir os passos da investigação de uma doença desconhecida; e compreender a finalidade de exclusão dos ...
Ronaldo Ribeiro Jacobina, Fernando Martins Carvalho   +1 more
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Deficiência de tiamina como causa de cor pulmonale reversível

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2008
A deficiência de tiamina pode apresentar quatro formas clássicas de apresentação clínica: polineuropatia periférica, anorexia e fraqueza muscular (beribéri seco); insuficiência cardíaca de alto débito com sinais congestivos (beribéri úmido); beribéri ...
Liana S. Coelho, João C. Hueb, Marcos F. Minicucci, Paula S. Azevedo, Sergio A. R. Paiva, Leonardo A. M. Zornoff   +5 more
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Cardiac beriberi: morphological findings in two fatal cases

Diagnostic Pathology, 2011
Cardiovascular beriberi is categorized into two main groups, according to its cause: alcoholic and non-alcoholic (dietary). Cardiovascular beriberi can also be divided into a fulminant form (Shoshin beriberi) and a chronic form.
Othman Mohammad, Riezzo Irene, Neri Margherita, Bello Stefania, Turillazzi Emanuela, Fineschi Vittorio   +5 more
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Thiamine Deficiency as a Cause for Acute Circulatory Failure: An Overlooked Association in Western CountriesNovel Teaching Points

CJC Open, 2020
A 42 year-old patient presented with circulatory failure and lactic acidosis. Clinical features, later coupled with biological tests, led to the diagnosis of wet beriberi syndrome and scurvy.
Ahmad Hayek, MD, Mourad Djabou, Nathan Mewton, MD, PhD, Eric Bonnefoy-Cudraz, MD, PhD, Thomas Bochaton, MD, PhD   +4 more
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Vitamin B1 Deficiency and Perimyocarditis Fulminans: A Case Study of Shoshin Syndrome in a Woman Following an Unbalanced Dietary Pattern Followed by a Literature Review

Life, 2023
(1) Background: vitamin B1 level depletion, known as a beriberi syndrome, can lead to severe cardiovascular complications, from which perimyocarditis fulminans is one of the most severe.
Justyna Rohun, Karolina Dorniak, Krzysztof Młodziński, Witold Bachorski, Marcin Gruchała, Grzegorz Raczak, Ludmiła Daniłowicz-Szymanowicz   +6 more
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Toward eradication of B-vitamin deficiencies : considerations for crop biofortification [PDF]

, 2018
'Hidden hunger' involves insufficient intake of micronutrients and is estimated to affect over two billion people on a global scale. Malnutrition of vitamins and minerals is known to cause an alarming number of casualties, even in the developed world ...
Strobbe, Simon, Van Der Straeten, Dominique   +1 more
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Plant synthetic biology-based biofortification, strategies and recent progresses. [PDF]

J Integr Plant Biol
This mini‐review highlights fi ve synthetic biology strategies to boost crop nutrition and alleviate the ‘hidden hunger’ resulting from vitamin and nutrient defi ciencies. These approaches offer precise, sustainable ways to engineer nutrient‐rich plants, providing innovative solutions to global malnutrition through biofortifi cation.
Wang K, Liu Z.
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Clinical History and Colliquative Myocytolysis Are Keys to the Diagnosis of Shoshin Beriberi

Case Reports in Pathology, 2014
Cardiovascular beriberi presents as either the fulminant (Shoshin beriberi) or chronic form. Shoshin beriberi is a rare disease that may lead to a fatal outcome if the patient does not receive appropriate treatment. In the present report, we describe the
Toshiki Kuno, Hiroshi Nakamura, Yutaka Endo, Kohei Saito, Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Motoda, Yohei Numasawa, Kazuhiko Shimizu, Toshiyuki Takahashi   +8 more
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Gastrointestinal Beriberi Mimicking a Surgical Emergency in a Well-Nourished Patient: A Case Report

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 2019
Beriberi is a well-documented disease caused by thiamine deficiency. The diagnosis of gastrointestinal beriberi in the clinical setting is uncommon, especially in nonalcoholic patients.
T.N. Diem Vu, MD, Michelle S. Junker, MD, Alexander Kurjatko, MD, Robert C. Albright, Jr., DO, Stephanie F. Heller, MD, Mariela Rivera, MD   +5 more
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Erythrocyte transketolase activity, markers of cardiac dysfunction and the diagnosis of infantile beriberi.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011
BackgroundInfantile beriberi is a potentially lethal manifestation of thiamin deficiency, associated with traditional post-partum maternal food avoidance, which persists in the Lao PDR (Laos).
Douangdao Soukaloun, Sue J Lee, Karen Chamberlain, Ann M Taylor, Mayfong Mayxay, Kongkham Sisouk, Bandit Soumphonphakdy, Khaysy Latsavong, Kongsin Akkhavong, Douangkham Phommachanh, Vanmaly Sengmeuang, Khonsavanh Luangxay, Theresa McDonagh, Nicholas J White, Paul N Newton   +14 more
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