Methyl Glyoxal as Cause of Infantile Beriberi, Preliminary Report

Isolation and identification of methyl glyoxal from human milk, preliminary report.

glyoxal (or like substance) in human milk, while he has since been doubting if pyruvic acid does ever play any all-important role in the disease.3) But some pediatricians want to ignore his theory, as, since the Embden-Meyerhof scheme of carbohydrate metabolism became known, pyruvic acid has come into favor, while methyl glyoxal seems to have lost in favor. I am inclined to say that our Clinic ...

Supplement of Instrument inter-comparison of glyoxal, methyl glyoxal and NO2 under simulated atmospheric conditions

Severe Infantile Cholestasis as a Cause of Silent Rib Fractures

Despite biliary drainage, she had significant cholestasis, ascites, malnutrition, and transient melena. Subsequently she was evaluated for a liver transplantation. A chest X-ray and an abdominal CT scan were obtained with an incidental finding of healing right sixth and seventh lateral rib fractures with callus formation and healing left seventh lateral rib fracture with callus formation (Figur...

the first report on the isolation of enterotoxigenic escherichia coli as a cause of infantile diarrhea in iran

the role of enterotoxigenic e.coli as a causative agent in diarrheal disease was studied among 100 cases of infant and children 0-2 years of age. routine bacteriological methods were used for identification enteropathogenic e.coli, salmonella, shigella and vibrio cholera. the ability of e.coli strains to produce toxin was assayed in animal models (rebbit-ileal loop and suckling mice) and in tis...

Cardiovascular beriberi: rare cause of reversible pulmonary hypertension

Cardiovascular beriberi is caused by thiamine deficiency and usually presents as high cardiac output failure associated with predominantly right-sided heart failure and rapid recovery after treatment with thiamine. Because of its rarity in developed countries, the diagnosis can often be delayed and missed. We recently experienced a case of cardiovascular beriberi with pulmonary hypertension whi...