Rapidly developing weakness mimicking Guillain-Barré syndrome in beriberi neuropathy: Two case reports

Abstract Objective We examined the diagnostic difficulty in thiamine deficiency. Methods We report on two patients with polyneuropathy associated with thiamine deficiency (i.e., beriberi neuropathy) that presented with acute motor symptoms mimicking Guillain-Barré syndrome. Results The cause of the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) Los Angeles County, Calif.), 2008-07, Vol.24 (7), p.776-780
Hauptverfasser:	Koike, Haruki, M.D., Ph.D, Ito, Shinji, M.D., Ph.D, Morozumi, Saori, M.D, Kawagashira, Yuichi, M.D, Iijima, Masahiro, M.D., Ph.D, Hattori, Naoki, M.D., Ph.D, Tanaka, Fumiaki, M.D., Ph.D, Sobue, Gen, M.D., Ph.D
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Alcoholism Anorexia Beriberi Beriberi - diagnosis Beriberi - etiology Biological and medical sciences case studies Consciousness Diagnosis, Differential Extremities Feeding. Feeding behavior Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gastrectomy - adverse effects Gastroenterology and Hepatology Gastrointestinal surgery Guillain-Barre Syndrome - diagnosis Guillain-Barré syndrome Heart failure human diseases Humans immunologic diseases Male Middle Aged muscles Neuropathy nutritional intervention Nutritional Status Patients Polyneuropathies - diagnosis Polyneuropathies - etiology Postoperative Complications Stomach Neoplasms - complications Stomach Neoplasms - surgery thiamin Thiamine Thiamine - therapeutic use Thiamine Deficiency - diagnosis Thiamine Deficiency - etiology Treatment Outcome Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems Vitamin B vitamin deficiencies Vitamin deficiency vitamin supplements
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