Thiamine deficiency and associated clinical disorders /
David W. McCandless
- New York : Humana Press, c2010
- xiv, 192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
- Contemporary clinical neuroscience .
- Contemporary clinical neuroscience .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-183) and index
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 -- Future prospects -- Bontius translation -- Thiamine synonyms -- Nobel Prize acceptance speech of Dr. Christian Eijkman, 1929