Laurent Hiffler
Médecins Sans Frontières
9 Papers
5 Citations
Laurent Hiffler is an academic researcher from Médecins Sans Frontières. The author has contributed to research in topics: Thiamine & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 9 publications.
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Thiamine deficiency disorders: diagnosis, prevalence, and a roadmap for global control programs
Kyly C. Whitfield,Megan W. Bourassa,Bola Adamolekun,Gilles Bergeron,Lucien Bettendorff,Kenneth H. Brown,Lorna Cox,Aviva Fattal-Valevski,Philip R. Fischer,Elizabeth L. Frank,Laurent Hiffler,Lwin Mar Hlaing,Maria Elena Jefferds,Hallie Kapner,Sengchanh Kounnavong,Maral P. S. Mousavi,Daniel E Roth,Maria-Nefeli Tsaloglou,Frank T. Wieringa,Gerald F Combs +19 more
TL;DR: Urgent public health responses are warranted in high‐risk regions, considering the contribution of thiamine deficiency to infant mortality and research suggesting that even subclinical thiamines deficiency in childhood may have lifelong neurodevelopmental consequences.
Selenium and RNA Virus Interactions: Potential Implications for SARS-CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19)
TL;DR: Selenium (Se) has been overlooked but may have a significant place in COVID-19 spectrum management, particularly in vulnerable elderly, and might represent a game changer in the global response to CO VID-19.
Thiamine Deficiency in Tropical Pediatrics: New Insights into a Neglected but Vital Metabolic Challenge
TL;DR: This narrative review provides evidence for thiamine as treatment in critical conditions requiring metabolic resuscitation, and gives rationale to the consideration of increasedThiamine supplementation in therapeutic foods for malnourished children.
Pediatric thiamine deficiency disorders in high-income countries between 2000 and 2020: a clinical reappraisal.
TL;DR: In this article, a literature search was conducted to identify case reports of pediatric thiamine deficiency observed in high-income countries (HICs) and published between 2000 and 2020, totaling 389 cases that were classified into four age groups: neonates, infants, children, and adolescents.
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Selenium and RNA Virus Interactions: Potential Implications for SARS-CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19)
TL;DR: Selenium (Se) has been overlooked but may have a significant place in COVID-19 spectrum management, particularly in vulnerable elderly, and might represent a game changer in the global response to CO VID-19.
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