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Clinical profile of patients presenting with thiamine-responsive upper-gastrointestinal upset: A pointer toward gastric beriberi

Nutrition, 2022
Although beriberi is considered a forgotten disease in the West, Kashmir has a rice-eating population that has beriberi in endemic proportions. Patients with a thiamine deficiency (TD) occasionally present with gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, including nausea, recurrent vomiting, loss of appetite, and abdominal discomfort.
Sobia Nisar, Masood Tanvir, Mohd. Ashraf Ganie, Ozaifa Kareem, Umar Muzaffer, Imtiyaz Ahmad Wani   +5 more
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Thiamine deficiency as a cause of anorexia in terminally ill cancer patients: A case of possible gastrointestinal beriberi

Palliative and Supportive Care
AbstractObjectivesAnorexia in cancer patients has a variety of causes and impairs patients’ quality of life. However, there have been few reports of thiamine deficiency (TD) playing a role in anorexia during palliative care. The objective of this report was to describe such a case.MethodsAn 82-year-old woman with advanced cervical cancer was admitted ...
Eriko Hayashi, Tetsuya Matuura, Junko Takano, Kaori Morofushi, Kaori Toriizuka, Hideki Onishi   +5 more
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582: Lactic Acidosis due to Gastrointestinal Beriberi Disease

Critical Care Medicine, 2020
Hussain Karimi
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Gastrointestinal Beriberi: A Previously Unrecognized Syndrome

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2004
Michael W. Donnino
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