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Chronic cardiac beriberi in a former prisoner of the Japanese

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

G. V. Gill ,
L. Henry  and
H. A. Reid
G. V. Gill
Affiliation:
Department of llopical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA
L. Henry
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Shefield, Beech Hill Road, SheDegu
H. A. Reid
Affiliation:
Department of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA
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Abstract

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1. A case is described of an Englishman who suffered severe ‘wet beriberi’ whilst a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese in World War II.

2. Following release he developed a congestive cardiomyopathy which increased in severity until his death 31 years after repatriation.

3. Autopsy findings were consistent with chronic cardiac damage due to beriberi.

Type
Papers of direct relevance to Clinical and Human Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , November 1980 , pp. 273 - 274
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1980

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