Cardiac beriberi: Often a missed diagnosis

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 284-285

  Narasimha Rao, S ^a   Chandak, G R ^b  

^a Niloufer Hospital India   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cardiac beriberi; Nutrition infant; Public health; Right heart failure; Thiamine deficiency

Indexed keywords

TRANSKETOLASE;

BERIBERI; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIOMEGALY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHONIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEVER; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SEIZURE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BERIBERI; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIAC OUTPUT, HIGH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TRANSKETOLASE;

EID: 77955040464     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp108     Document Type: Letter

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