[A case of beriberi on the threshold of the year 2000].
The authors report a case of beriberi due to a deficit in thiamine, which became apparent in a young Chinese woman with polyneuropathy, distal oedema and epigastralgia. Parenteral administration of thiamine lead to the virtually complete resolution of symptoms.
Sampalmieri
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II Divisione di Geriatria, USL RM/4, Ospedale dell'Addolorata di Roma.
Carpinteri
F
F
Renzi
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A
Servi
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M
D000328:Adult; D001602:Beriberi / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology; D013831:Thiamine / Q000008:administration & dosage
D013831:Thiamine
Un caso di Beri-beri alle soglie del 2000.