Figure 1. In absence of thiamine, glucose metabolism is shunted towards the production of lactate (dotted lines). PPS: pentose phosphate shunt; PDH: pyruvate dehydrogenase; TCA: tricarboxylic acid; AA: amino acids; TTP: thiamine pyrophosphate.
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Case Report
Volume 8, Number 4, April 2017, pages 108-110
Deplete and Delirious: A Report of Two Cases
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