Wet beriberi

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Description of Wet beriberi

Wet beriberi: edematous beriberi, in which congestive heart failure occurs in addition to polyneuropathy.
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Wet beriberi: A mental disorder associated with chronic ethanol abuse (ALCOHOLISM) and nutritional deficiencies characterized by short term memory loss, confabulations, and disturbances of attention. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1139)
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• Thiamine (Vitamin B1) deficiency
• Beri-Beri
• Beriberi
• Dry beri-beri
• Korsakoff syndrome
• Korsakov syndrome
• Wernicke's disease

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External links related to: Wet beriberi

• Thiamine for Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome in people at risk from alcohol abuse (Cochrane Review)
• Wernicke-Korsakoff disease (www.whonamedit.com)
• Wernicke's disease (www.whonamedit.com)
• eMedicine - Beriberi : Article by L Arturo Batres, MD
• OMIM - WERNICKE-KORSAKOFF SYNDROME
• eMedicine - Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome : Article by Alan DeAngelo, MD
• eMedicine - Beriberi (Thiamine Deficiency) : Article by Ginette V Busschots, MD
• eMedicine - Alcohol-Related Psychosis : Article by Michael Larson, DO
• eMedicine - Wernicke Encephalopathy : Article by Philip Salen, MD
• beriberi - General Practice Notebook

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