Victor A. Najjar

Thiamin Excretion Tests in Children with Paralytic Poliomyelitis

Summary The results of thiamin excretion tests in 7 children having paralytic poliomyelitis did not differ in the main from those found in normal children. This finding indicates that the status of thiamin nutrition need not be a factor in determining whether infection by poliomyelitis virus shall result in the paralytic, or in one of the nonparalytic forms of the disease. Some evidence has also been obtained that nicotinic acid deficiency need not be a prerequisite for the development of the paralytic form of the disease. The role of other members of the vitamin B complex in relation to paralytic poliomyelitis remains to be investigated.