Huntington’s disease (HD) is a genetically caused brain disease. The inheritance is an autosomal dominant gene, which means that only one individual,
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Are Seizures Due to Hypoxia?
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Some years ago I was invited to speak at the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential in Philadelphia. This is a
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Kawasaki Disease
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Some years ago, I was confronted with a four-year-old girl as a patient. She had experienced repeated unexplained fever accompanied by a
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Beriberi: The Great Imitator
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Because of some unusual clinical experiences as a pediatrician, I have published a number of articles in the medical press on thiamine,
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Self-responsibility is much needed in the quixotic culture that surrounds us today. It should begin to be acquired even in infancy as
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What Constitutes Disease?
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Survival for any animal or plant throughout the world is a lifelong battle between the environment and the constitutional design of the
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A Case of Classic Beriberi in America
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A desperate mother sent me an email about her 23-year-old son and it was easy to recognize that this young man had
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Recovery From Reye’s Syndrome: A Case Report
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In a number of posts on this website I have mentioned the technical term “oxidative metabolism” in relationship to thiamine. I have
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