Thiamine deficiency in tachypnoeic Cambodian infants

Paediatrics and International Child Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 312-318

  Keating, Elizabeth M ^a,c   Nget, Phot ^d   Kea, Sreng ^d   Kuong, Suy ^d   Daly, Leng ^d   Phearom, Seng ^d   Enders, Felicity ^b   Cheryk, Lynn A ^b   Topazian, Mark ^b   Fischer, Philip R ^b   Kumar, Varun ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Angkor Hospital for Children   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Beriberi; Blood thiamine diphosphate; Cambodian infants; Parenteral thiamine supplementation; Pneumonia; South east Asia; Tachypnoea; Thiamine deficiency; Vitamin B1

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COCARBOXYLASE; THIAMINE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BERIBERI; CAMBODIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSPHONIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZED INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRICIAN; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WHEEZING; CAMBODIA; PATHOLOGY;

CAMBODIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TACHYPNEA; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84954209182     PISSN: 20469047     EISSN: 20469055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2046905514Y.0000000162     Document Type: Article

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