RELATIONSHIP OF A DEGENERATIVE TROPICAL NEUROPATHY TO DIET REPORT OF A FIELD SURVEY

被引：64

作者：

OSUNTOKUN, BO

MONEKOSSO, GL

WILSON, J

机构：

[1] University College Hospital, Ibadan

[2] Member of Scientific Staff, M.R.C. Clinic-al Genetics Research Unit, Institute of Child Health and Institute of Neurology

来源：

BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL | 1969年 / 1卷 / 5643期

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D O I：

10.1136/bmj.1.5643.547

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

A survey of neurological abnormalities in two Nigerian villages preselected for their differing consumption of cassava has shown that a degenerative neuropathy occurs with relatively high frequency in the village (Ososa) where cassava consumption was high. It is suggested that eating cassava results in exposure to cyanide, as shown by a raised plasma thiocyanate level, and that the latter, together with other factors, may contribute to the pathogenesis of “ tropical neuropathy”. © 1969, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：547 / +

页数：1

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