Journal article
Dietary and socio-economic factors associated with beriberi in breastfed Lao infants.
- Abstract:
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A case-control study was conducted to investigate the dietary and socio-economic factors associated with beriberi in infants attending three public hospitals in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Forty-three breast-feeding infants with a median (range) age of 3 (1-9) months were admitted with beriberi. This was defined as the presence of signs of congestive heart failure or shock in the absence of fever or other signs of sepsis, hypovolaemia or cardiac abnormalities, with rapid clinical improvement followin...
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- Journal:
- Annals of tropical paediatrics
- Volume:
- 23
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 181-186
- Publication date:
- 2003-09-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1465-3281
- ISSN:
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0272-4936
- Source identifiers:
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133315
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- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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pubs:133315
- UUID:
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uuid:08925f41-f9bb-43bd-a918-3f08d6723e1b
- Local pid:
- pubs:133315
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2003
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