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Chronic cardiac beriberi in a former prisoner of the Japanese
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 March 2007
Abstract
1. A case is described of an Englishman who suffered severe ‘wet beriberi’ whilst a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese in World War II.
2. Following release he developed a congestive cardiomyopathy which increased in severity until his death 31 years after repatriation.
3. Autopsy findings were consistent with chronic cardiac damage due to beriberi.
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