No Camphor Toxicity in Cambodian Infants

Thiamine deficiency and beriberi are prevalent in Cambodia, although most infants with nonspecific clinical symptoms of beriberi, including tachypnea, lack echocardiographic evidence diagnostic of the disease. Camphor activates transient receptor potential vanilloid 3 (TRPV3), a nonselective ion cha...

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Main Authors: Casey R. Johnson MS, Samuel G. Porter MD, Debra Coats MSN, Kyly C. Whitfield PhD, Khin Mengkheang MS, Mark D. Topazian MD, Philip R. Fischer MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-04-01
Series:Global Pediatric Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X17702980