Thiamine diphosphate in whole blood, thiamine and thiamine monophosphate in breast-milk in a refugee population

• Main Authors: Wolfgang Stuetz, Verena Ilona Carrara, Rose McGready, Sue Jean Lee, Hans Konrad Biesalski, François Henry Nosten
• Other Authors: Friedrich Schiller Universitat Jena
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/13444
• Institution: Mahidol University

Background: The provision of high doses of thiamine may prevent thiamine deficiency in the post-partum period of displaced persons. Methodology/Principal Findings: The study aimed to evaluate a supplementation regimen of thiamine mononitrate (100 mg daily) at the antenatal clinics in Maela refugee c...