Thiamine Deficiency in Tropical Pediatrics: New Insights into a Neglected but Vital Metabolic Challenge

Frontiers in Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Hiffler, Laurent ^a   Rakotoambinina, Benjamin ^b   Lafferty, Nadia ^a   Martinez Garcia, Daniel ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

beriberi; pediatric critical care; refeeding syndrome; thiamine; thiamine deficiency; thiamine transporters; tropical pediatrics; type B lactic acidosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029942647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2016.00016     Document Type: Review

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