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Medical Definition of Infantile beriberi
1. Beriberi appearing in a breast-fed infants whose mother has beriberi due to thiamin deficiency. It is mainly the "wet" form of beriberi, characterised by heart failure with marked peripheral oedema (which is otherwise unusual in heart failure in infancy). An often fatal disease, acute in onset, which was formerly common in the Far Eastern countries where rice is consumed; reversible with thiamin. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Infantile Beriberi
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