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thiamine deficiency |
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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. |
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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/2116-7354 |
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C0039841 |
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| definition |
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. |
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2116-7354 |
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2116-7354 |
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thiamine deficiency |
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T047 |
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