Infantile Thiamine Deficiency and Language Impairment

Abstract

Developmental language impairment in 59 children, aged 5-7 years, exposed to a thiamine deficiency in defective milk formula fed during the first year of life is studied by researchers at Tel Aviv University and Sourasky Medical Centre, Israel.

Keywords

• thiamine-deficient children
• language impairment
• word retrieval and conceptual abilities