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Beriberi

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Beriberi

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Descriptor	beriberi
Entry term(s)	beri beri
Scope note:	Enfermedad causada por un déficit de tiamina (vitamina B1) y caracterizada por polineuritis, enfermedades cardíacas y edema. La forma epidémica se observa principalmente en regiones en las que el alimento principal es arroz blanco (descascarillado), p. ej., Japón, China, Filipinas, India y otros países del sudeste asiático. (Traducción libre del original: Dorland, 27th ed)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Beriberi

Descriptor French:

Béribéri

Tree number(s):

C18.654.521.500.133.699.827.223
SP6.990.625.344.378.400.332.410.223

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001602

Scope note:

A disease caused by a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1) and characterized by polyneuritis, cardiac pathology, and edema. The epidemic form is found primarily in areas in which white (polished) rice is the staple food, as in Japan, China, the Philippines, India, and other countries of southeast Asia. (Dorland, 27th ed)

Annotation:

caused by THIAMINE DEFICIENCY

Allowable Qualifiers:

BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CI induit chimiquement
CL classification
CN congénital
CO complications
DG imagerie diagnostique
DH diétothérapie
DI diagnostic
DT traitement médicamenteux
EC économie
EH ethnologie
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
EP épidémiologie
ET étiologie
GE génétique
HI histoire
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
MO mortalité
NU soins infirmiers
PA anatomopathologie
PC prévention et contrôle
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
PX psychologie
RH rééducation et réadaptation
RT radiothérapie
SU chirurgie
TH thérapie
UR urine
VE médecine vétérinaire
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

1627

Unique ID:

D001602

NLM Classification:

WD 122

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01