Neurological, Psychiatric, and Biochemical Aspects of Thiamine Deficiency in Children and Adults. [PDF]
, 2019 Thiamine (vitamin B1) is an essential nutrient that serves as a cofactor for a number of enzymes, mostly with mitochondrial localization. Some thiamine-dependent enzymes are involved in energy metabolism and biosynthesis of nucleic acids whereas others ...
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A fresh look at thiamine deficiency-new analyses by the global thiamine alliance. [PDF]
, 2021 Severe thiamine (vitamin B1 ) deficiency is generally regarded as a problem affecting mostly infants in low-income communities of Southeast Asia and adult alcoholics regardless of their location.
Bergeron, Gilles +2 more
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Research History and Current Concept of the Autonomic Nervous System [PDF]
, 2022 The term jiritsu shinkei-kei (autonomic or vegetative nervous system) has become well known in Japan due to the popularization of a concept particular to Japan of a disease called jiritsu-shinkei shiccho-sho (vegetative disorder).
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Two cases of infantile beriberi causing cardiorespiratory arrest in New Zealand
, 2023 Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Volume 59, Issue 3, Page 565-566, March 2023.
Oliver Coleman +6 more
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Exposures and health effects at sea: report on the NIVA course: Maritime Occupational Medicine, Exposures and health Effects at Sea:Elsinore, Denmark, May 2014 [PDF]
, 2014 The presentations and discussions summarised provide an overview on the current state of knowledge on a wide range of occupational health risks to which seafarers are exposed.
Carter, Tim, Jepsen, Jørgen Riis
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Total parenteral nutrition-induced Wernicke's encephalopathy after oncologic gastrointestinal surgery [PDF]
, 2020 Carl Wernicke described the disease bearing his name in 1881 and reported three cases characterized by the presence of mental confusion, ataxia, and ophthalmoplegia.
Bruzzone Paolo +5 more
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Severe Lactic Acidosis in a Critically Ill Child: Think About Thiamine! A Case Report. [PDF]
, 2021 In this article, we presented a teenager, in maintenance chemotherapy for leukemia, who was admitted for digestive symptoms related to a parasitic infection and required nutritional support with parenteral nutrition. After 6 weeks, his condition worsened
Amiet, V. +7 more
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, 2021 Funding Information: This research was supported by funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the New York Academy of Sciences (Grant number OPP1176128).
Gomes, Filomena +2 more
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"Because if we talk about health issues first, it is easier to talk about human trafficking"; findings from a mixed methods study on health needs and service provision among migrant and trafficked fishermen in the Mekong. [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: Human trafficking in the fishing industry or "sea slavery" in the Greater Mekong Subregion is reported to involve some of the most extreme forms of exploitation and abuse.
Dickson, Brett +7 more
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Feeding the brain: the importance of nutrients for brain functions and health [PDF]
, 2017 \u2018We are what we eat\u2019, said the philosopher Feuerbach. In fact, the quality of the food we eat affects our mind as well: the brain, which represents 2% of our body weight, consumes about 20% of the calories we eat each day.
Altomare, R. +13 more
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