“…Thiamine deficiency is found in alcoholics and rice-eating populations consuming polished rice. 1 Wernicke encephalopathy, characterized by ataxia, confusional state, and ocular motor abnormalities, is an acute neurologic manifestation of beriberi that can be seen in adults and children. Neurologic manifestations of thiamine deficiency in infants are nonspecific and include encephalopathy, vomiting, nystagmus, ptosis, moaning, and convulsions-infantile encephalitic beriberi (IEBB).…”