Nutrition
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 351-352 , April 2001

Severe metabolic acidosis and heart failure due to thiamine deficiency

  • Hideki Ozawa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University Oiso Hospital, Oiso, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Hideki Ozawa, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University Oiso Hospital, Oiso, 259-0198, Japan
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  • Yasuhiko Homma, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
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  • Hisako Arisawa, BS

      Affiliations

    • Section of Nutrition, Tokai University Oiso Hospital, Oiso, Japan
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  • Fumiko Fukuuchi, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University Oiso Hospital, Oiso, Japan
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  • Syunnosuke Handa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan

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Nutrition
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 351-352 , April 2001

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