[Polyneuropathies in vitamin B1 deficiency in Reunion and Mayotte islands in 70 patients of Maori and Comorian descent].

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Beriberi is an uncommon disorder related to thiamine deficiency. It is mainly found in underdeveloped countries among populations with poorly diversified diet, consisting largely of milled white cereals, a poor source of thiamine. In industrialized countries, thiamine deficiency with cardiac failure is more frequently found than the dry beriberi in high risk groups like chronic alcoholics. Nevertheless our...

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