Wernicke’s Encephalopathy, Wet Beriberi, and Polyneuropathy in a Patient with Folate and Thiamine Deficiency Related to Gastric Phytobezoar by Nuria Huertas-González, Virgilio Hernando-Requejo, Zaida Luciano-García, Juan Luis Cervera-Rodilla

“…This vitamin deficiency can also present with cardiovascular symptoms, called “wet beriberi.” Association with folate deficit worsens the clinical picture. …”
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Facts About Thiamin by R. Elaine Turner, Wendy J. Dahl

“…A lack of thiamin causes the disease beriberi. People with beriberi have difficulty standing, walking, and controlling their muscles. …”
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Facts About Thiamin by R. Elaine Turner, Wendy J. Dahl

“…A lack of thiamin causes the disease beriberi. People with beriberi have difficulty standing, walking, and controlling their muscles. …”
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ADOPTERs of Innovation in a Crisis: The History of Vera Gedroits, Kanehiro Takaki and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 by Pratik Raichurkar, BMed, Devesh Kaushal, MBBS, MS, FRACS, Robert Beaumont Wilson, MBBS (Hons 1), BSc, FRACS, FACS

“…During the 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War, an estimated 250,000 Japanese soldiers developed beriberi, of whom 27,000 died. Japan’s 1905 defeat of Russia sowed the seeds of discontent with Tsar Nicholas’ rule, culminating in the 1917 Russian Revolution. …”
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Role of the Synthetic B1 Vitamin Sulbutiamine on Health by Bernardo Starling-Soares, Pedro Carrera-Bastos, Lucien Bettendorff

“…Sulbutiamine is a thiamine derivative developed in Japan in the mid-60’s as a beriberi treatment drug. Since then, different potential applications have been described. …”
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