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Beriberi is a disease caused by a lack of thiamine (vitamin B1) in the diet, leading to damage to the nervous system and heart. It matters because it was historically common in populations eating polished white rice and has shown how important proper nutrition is for human health.
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Research
1,302 papers- An Overview of Beriberi.ReviewMedical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2026Pereira AG, Cunha LNP, Paiva SAR et al.DOI: 10.1159/000547719
- Beriberi.ReviewMonograph series. World Health Organization · 1976Katsura E, Oiso T
- [Shoshin beriberi].Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke · 2021Tallaksen C, Narverud SFDOI: 10.4045/tidsskr.21.0215
- Pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment of beriberi after gastric surgery.ReviewNutrition reviews · 2020Wilson RBDOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuaa004
- Thiamine deficiency disorders: a clinical perspective.ReviewAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2021Smith TJ, Johnson CR, Koshy R et al.DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14536
- "Beriberi" interesting!Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology · 2003Cole PD, Kamen BADOI: 10.1097/00043426-200312000-00002
- Bariatric beriberi.Obesity surgery · 2002Gollobin C, Marcus WYDOI: 10.1381/096089202321088057
- Wet beriberi and scurvy.Internal medicine journal · 2021Kannan T, Ekladious ADOI: 10.1111/imj.15616
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- thiamine deficiency
- Image
- Late stage of paralysis with atrophy in dry beriberi.jpg
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- health specialty
- cardiology
- Commons category
- Beriberi
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C34418
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- thiamine(1+) ion
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:13725
- time of discovery or invention
- 1630-00-00
- ICD-9-CM
- 265.0
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- WikiProject Medicine
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