Thiamine Deficiency and Associated Clinical Disorders

• Main Author: McCandless, David W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Neurochemistry.; Food > Biotechnology.; Nutrition.; Public health.; Neurology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Food Science.

The past twenty years have seen remarkable advances in neuroscience, neurology, imaging techniques, and diagnostic strategies. These advances have been successfully applied to many different diseases, including thiamine deficiency and associated clinical disorders. Syndromes such as beriberi, Wernic...

Table of Contents:

• Early Chemistry
• Early Thiamine Deficiency
• Thiamine Deficiency in Mammals
• Beriberi
• Wernicke’s Disease
• Central Pontine Myelinolysis, Alcoholic Cerebellar Degeneration, and Marchiafava–Bignami Disease
• Leigh’s Disease
• African Seasonal Ataxia
• Inherited Ataxias
• Thiamine Deficiency in Serious Illness
• World Health Concerns
• Epilogue: Future Prospects.