Chorea induced by thiamine deficiency in hemodialysis patients

Authors
Hung, SC Hung, SH Tarng, DC Yang, WC Huang, TP
Citation
Sc. Hung et al., Chorea induced by thiamine deficiency in hemodialysis patients, AM J KIDNEY, 37(2), 2001, pp. 427-430
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES
ISSN journal
02726386 → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
427 - 430
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-6386(200102)37:2<427:CIBTDI>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Thiamine deficiency is mainly encountered in alcoholics or food faddists, b ut it may complicate chronic dialysis because of low intake and accelerated loss of thiamine in dialysis patients. We report here 2 hemodialysis (HD) patients who developed chorea induced by thiamine deficiency. We propose th at thiamine deficiency, with a consequent dysfunction of the basal ganglia, may induce chorea in HD patients. (C) 2001 by the National Kidney Foundati on, Inc.