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[A case of beriberi on the threshold of the year 2000]
M Sampalmieri1, F Carpinteri, A Renzi
1II Divisione di Geriatria, USL RM/4, Ospedale dell'Addolorata di Roma.
La Clinica Terapeutica
|October 1, 1992
Abstract:
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.