Prevalence of Thiamine Deficiency in Pregnancy and its impact on fetal outcome in an area endemic for thiamine deficiency. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 BackgroundPregnancy is a metabolically challenging state with increased nutritional demand. Thiamine is an important cofactor in various metabolic pathways and thus its deficiency could have a serious impact on both maternal and fetal outcomes.
Ozaifa Kareem +7 more
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Neurological, Psychiatric, and Biochemical Aspects of Thiamine Deficiency in Children and Adults [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 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 ...
Shibani Dhir +4 more
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Hiding in Plain Sight: Modern Thiamine Deficiency [PDF]
Cells, 2021 Thiamine or vitamin B1 is an essential, water-soluble vitamin required for mitochondrial energetics—the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). It is a critical and rate-limiting cofactor to multiple enzymes involved in this process, including those ...
Chandler Marrs, Derrick Lonsdale
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Thiamine deficiency in pregnancy and lactation: implications and present perspectives. [PDF]
Front Nutr, 2023 During pregnancy, many physiologic changes occur in order to accommodate fetal growth. These changes require an increase in many of the nutritional needs to prevent long-term consequences for both mother and the offspring.
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Severe thiamine deficiency in eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua).
PLoS ONE, 2020 The eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) population has been decreasing in the Baltic Sea for at least 30 years. Condition indices of the Baltic cod have decreased, and previous studies have suggested that this might be due to overfishing, predation, lower ...
Josefin Engelhardt +6 more
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Thiamine deficiency: a commonly unrecognised but easily treatable condition. [PDF]
Postgrad Med J, 2023 Thiamine is present in many foods and is well recognised as an essential nutrient critical for energy metabolism. While thiamine deficiency is commonly recognised in alcoholism, it can present in many other settings where it is often not considered and ...
Schostak T +3 more
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Thiamine deficiency secondary to intestinal surgery leading to shoshin beriberi and Wernicke encephalopathy: a case report [PDF]
Frontiers in PediatricsPurposeThiamine is an essential micronutrient, and its deficiency, also known as beriberi, can have significant clinical implications. Thiamine deficiency impairs oxidative metabolic pathways, leading to reduced adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis and
Peiyu Huang +3 more
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Cross-Sectional Study of Thiamine Deficiency and Its Associated Risks in Emergency Care [PDF]
Western Journal of Emergency MedicineBackground: Growing data indicates that thiamine deficiency occurs during acute illness in the absence of alcohol use disorder. Our primary objective was to measure clinical factors associated with thiamine deficiency in patients with sepsis, diabetic ...
Joseph Miller +9 more
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CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research, 2018 Context: A single case of thiamine deficiency seen in a population reflects a public health problem which is preventable and easily treatable. Aim: This article describes suspected thiamine deficiency among peripartum women in a rural population in Assam
Roshine Mary Koshy +3 more
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Re-emergence of thiamine deficiency disease in the Pacific islands (2014-15): A case-control study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 BackgroundFrom late 2014 multiple atolls in Kiribati reported an unusual and sometimes fatal illness. We conducted an investigation to identify the etiology of the outbreak on the most severely affected atoll, Kuria, and identified thiamine deficiency ...
Eric J Nilles +10 more
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