[nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of thiamine in the diet, characterized by anorexia, irritability, and weight loss; later, patients experience weakness, peripheral neuropathy, headache, and tachycardia; in addition to being caused by a poor diet, thiamine deficiency in the United States most commonly occurs as a result of alcoholism, since ethanol interferes with thiamine absorption. ( CSP )]
UMLS (CSP) C0039841 Relation/PAR: Deficiency of B-complex components
Relation/CHD: Korsakoff Syndrome
Beri Beri
Wernicke Encephalopathy