Clinically unapparent infantile thiamin deficiency in Vientiane, Laos

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Khounnorath, Sengmanivong ^a   Chamberlain, Karen ^b   Taylor, Ann M ^c   Soukaloun, Douangdao ^a   Mayxay, Mayfong ^a,d   Lee, Sue J ^c,e   Phengdy, Bounthom ^a   Luangxay, Khonsavanh ^a   Sisouk, Kongkham ^a   Soumphonphakdy, Bandit ^a   Latsavong, Khaysy ^a   Akkhavong, Kongsin ^a   White, Nicholas J ^a,c,e   Newton, Paul N ^a,c  

^a MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^b MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Laos)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; THIAMINE; TRANSKETOLASE;

ARTICLE; BERIBERI; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAOS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TRANSKETOLASE;

EID: 79952475816     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000969     Document Type: Article

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