thiamin/edema

The effect of pyrithiamin on thiamin deficient mice was studied clinically and pathologically. Thiamin deficiency was produced in the mice fed with a thiamin deficient diet by a single injection of pyrithiamin (10 mg/kg, s.c.) on day 0 to produce a mild illness and on day 14 to produce a severe

Thiamine deficiency may present four classic clinical forms: peripheral polyneuropathy, anorexia and muscular weakness (dry beriberi); high output heart failure with signs of congestion (wet beriberi); beriberi associated with shock (Shoshin beriberi) and Wernicke's encephalopathy. In this report we

Experiments are reported upon young rhesus monkeys which were given a diet essentially the same as the Goldberger black tongue-producing diet, supplemented in various ways. Those receiving the unsupplemented diet developed the syndrome characterized by leucopenia, anemia, gingivitis, diarrhea, and

Toxemia in pregnancy is characterized by a combination of at least two of the following clinical symptoms: hypertension, edema, and proteinuria. In this study the dietary intakes of young pregnant women attending a Maternal and Infant Care Program at Tuskegee Institute were evaluated for selected

BACKGROUND A beriberi outbreak occurred in the Maison d'Arrêt et de Correction d'Abidjan (MACA), a detention center in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, between October 2002 and April 2003. OBJECTIVE A retrospective investigation was conducted to document the outbreak in April 2003. METHODS A descriptive