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EDIS, 2012 A lack of thiamin causes the disease beriberi. People with beriberi have difficulty standing, walking, and controlling their muscles. It’s very easy to get enough thiamin in the diet because it’s added to many processed grains.
R. Elaine Turner, Wendy J. Dahl
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Thiamine deficiency in US veterans with obesity. [PDF]
Obesity (Silver Spring)Abstract Introduction Thiamine deficiency is common after bariatric surgery, but patients with obesity may be deficient in thiamine even before surgery. The purpose of this research was to determine the prevalence of thiamine deficiency in patients with obesity at a medical weight‐management clinic and assess the relationship between recent weight loss
Costello E, Kerns J.
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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 +8 more
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Thiamine deficiency-related neuropathy: A reversible entity from an endemic area. [PDF]
Eur J NeurolA comprehensive graphical abstract illustrating thiamine deficiency related neuropathy. Abstract Background and purpose Despite thiamine deficiency being a lesser‐known entity in modern times, beriberi in various forms, including thiamine deficiency‐related neuropathy, remains endemic in Kashmir due to the consumption of polished rice as a staple food.
Nisar S +6 more
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Clinical medicine (London), 2021 Shoshin beriberi is a fulminant variant of thiamine deficiency, often presenting with severe lactic acidosis and cardiogenic shock. Due to the sparsity of this condition, delays in diagnosis can lead to fatality.
Marie Sh Lim +4 more
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Toward the Conquest of Beriberi
JAMA, 1961 Man's painful acquaintance with beriberi now covers more than 300 years. Remedies of increasing efficacy have been available for 50 years but large population segments still suffer from this deficiency state. This partly autobiographical volume details the contributions of Dr. Robert R.
Robert R. Williams
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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 +14 more
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Children, 2020 Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is a syndrome of high pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) commonly seen all over the world in the immediate newborn period.
Nalinikanta Panigrahy +7 more
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