No Camphor Toxicity in Cambodian Infants

• Main Authors: Casey R. Johnson MS (Author), Samuel G. Porter MD (Author), Debra Coats MSN (Author), Kyly C. Whitfield PhD (Author), Khin Mengkheang MS (Author), Mark D. Topazian MD (Author), Philip R. Fischer MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...