Editorial: From stargazing chicks to seizing infants: Thiamine deficiency redux

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 824-825

  Patterson, Marc C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

APATHY; BERIBERI; CONVULSION; DIARRHEA; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; LEIGH DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; SEIZURE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VOMITING; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CATERING SERVICE; CHEMISTRY; DIET THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; METABOLISM; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BERIBERI; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; KORSAKOFF SYNDROME; LEIGH DISEASE; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

EID: 70349565391     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181b72652     Document Type: Editorial

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