Author:
Gill G. V.,Henry L.,Reid H. A.
Abstract
1. A case is described of an Englishman who suffered severe ‘wet beriberi’ whilst a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese in World War II.2. Following release he developed a congestive cardiomyopathy which increased in severity until his death 31 years after repatriation.3. Autopsy findings were consistent with chronic cardiac damage due to beriberi.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Nutrition and Dietetics,Medicine (miscellaneous)
Cited by
6 articles.
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