Epidemic of neurolathyrism in Ethiopia
1999; Elsevier BV; Volume: 354; Issue: 9175 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0140-6736(99)02532-5
ISSN1474-547X
AutoresHaileyesus Getahun, Alemayehu Mekonnen, Redda Tekle‐Haimanot, Fernand Lambein,
Tópico(s)Agricultural pest management studies
ResumoAfter a drought and famine, overconsumption of the drought-tolerant grasspea triggered an epidemic of neurodegenerative neurolathyrism in Northeast Ethiopia. Environmental, nutritional, and medical factors seem to affect the susceptibility.
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