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Rickets, BeriBeri, and Iron Deficiency: micronutrient deficiencies in children [PDF]

Bhutan Health Journal, 2016
Some “forgotten” micronutrient deficiencies continue to be common in children. Deficiencies of vitamin D and/or calcium can cause rickets, a crippling condition related to poor mineralization of growing bones. Rickets is diagnosed by identifying skeletal
Phillip W Erbele, Krista Erbele, Philip R. Fischer   +2 more
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Commentary: Malnutrition and nutritional deficits as aggravating factors in Guillain-Barré syndrome: a call for nutritional intervention in the Gaza Strip [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
Monica Saini, Thirugnanam Umapathi, Thirugnanam Umapathi   +2 more
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ADOPTERs of Innovation in a Crisis: The History of Vera Gedroits, Kanehiro Takaki and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 [PDF]

Annals of Surgery Open
The 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War was the first “modern” conflict, using rapid-firing artillery and machine guns, fought over imperial ambitions in Korea and Manchuria.
Pratik Raichurkar, BMed, Devesh Kaushal, MBBS, MS, FRACS, Robert Beaumont Wilson, MBBS (Hons 1), BSc, FRACS, FACS   +2 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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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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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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Embarrassing Product, Image Type, and Personal Pronoun: The Mediating Effect of Body Imagery

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Consumers often feel embarrassed when buying products like condoms, hemorrhoid cream, and beriberi cream in crowded pharmacies. There is an interesting phenomenon in life: Some beriberi creams use the images of a “real foot”, while others use the images ...
Shenghong Ye, Haoyun Yan, Zhengyu Lin, Zan Huang   +3 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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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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Perfil epidemiológico do beribéri notificado de 2006 a 2008 no Estado do Maranhão, Brasil Epidemiological profile of reported beriberi cases in Maranhão State, Brazil, 2006-2008

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2011
O objetivo do estudo foi descrever o perfil epidemiológico dos casos e óbitos de beribéri notificados de 2006-2008 no Estado do Maranhão, Brasil. Informações foram obtidas de fichas de notificação da Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Maranhão e utilizou ...
Estela Maura Padilha, Elizabeth Fujimori, Ana Luiza Vilela Borges, Ana Paula Sayuri Sato, Murilo Novaes Gomes, Maria dos Remédios Freitas Carvalho Branco, Henrique Jorge dos Santos, Nulvio Lermen Junior   +7 more
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