title: Thiamine responsive ankle oedema in detention centre inmates.
abstract: Twenty-seven inmates from a detention centre in Perak were evaluated for possible causes of their ankle oedema. Physical examination and biochemical evaluation did not show any evidence of renal or hepatic dysfunction. The cardiac origin of their problem was suggested by the presence of other signs of heart failure in three of them and by radiological evidence of cardiomegaly in 40% of them. All the patients who returned for review demonstrated a prompt clinical response to thiamine replacement therapy.
authors.affiliation: Medical Unit, District Hospital, Teluk Intan, Perak.
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jeyakumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000842:Ankle; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000208:ethnology; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000150:complications; D004487:Edema / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D011329:Prisoners; D013831:Thiamine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013832:Thiamine Deficiency / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D013831:Thiamine