A fresh look at thiamine deficiency-new analyses by the global thiamine alliance

Severe thiamine (vitamin B-1) deficiency is generally regarded as a problem affecting mostly infants in low-income communities of Southeast Asia and adult alcoholics regardless of their location. However, recent scholarship shows that the disorders associated with thiamine deficiency may also affect heretofore unsuspected populations, and that the scope of disorders, including some long-lasting neurocognitive consequences, is broader than previously thought.

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Severe thiamine (vitamin B-1) deficiency, previously thought to mainly affect infants in low-income communities in Southeast Asia and adult alcoholics, may also impact other populations and result in long-lasting neurocognitive consequences. The scope of disorders associated with thiamine deficiency is broader than previously believed.