| Literature DB >> 11157387 |
S C Hung1, S H Hung, D C Tarng, W C Yang, T P Huang.
Abstract
Thiamine deficiency is mainly encountered in alcoholics or food faddists, but it may complicate chronic dialysis because of low intake and accelerated loss of thiamine in dialysis patients. We report here 2 hemodialysis (HD) patients who developed chorea induced by thiamine deficiency. We propose that thiamine deficiency, with a consequent dysfunction of the basal ganglia, may induce chorea in HD patients.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11157387 DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2001.21337
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Kidney Dis ISSN: 0272-6386 Impact factor: 8.860