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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
ASSOCIATION OF HIGH CYANIDE AND LOW SULPHUR INTAKE IN CASSAVA-INDUCED SPASTIC PARAPARESIS
The Lancet, Volume 326, No. 8466, Year 1985
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Urinary excretion of sulphur compounds was studied in children from a population in Mozambique that had been affected, during a drought, by an epidemic of spastic paraparesis attributed to cyanide exposure from cassava. The children had increased thiocyanate and decreased inorganic sulphate excretion, indicating high cyanide and low sulphur-containing aminoacid intake. Children from a neighbouring cassava-eating area, where no cases of spastic paraparesis had occurred, had lower thiocyanate excretion but higher inorganic sulphate excretion. These results support the hypothesis that the epidemic was due to the combined effects of high dietary cyanide exposure and sulphur deficiency. © 1985.
Authors & Co-Authors
Cliff, Julie L.
Mozambique, Maputo
Ministry of Health Mozambique
Sweden, Linkoping
Linköpings Universitet
Sweden, Uppsala
Uppsala Universitet
Mårtensson, Johannes
Mozambique, Maputo
Ministry of Health Mozambique
Sweden, Linkoping
Linköpings Universitet
Sweden, Uppsala
Uppsala Universitet
Lundqvist, Per
Mozambique, Maputo
Ministry of Health Mozambique
Sweden, Linkoping
Linköpings Universitet
Sweden, Uppsala
Uppsala Universitet
Rosling, Hans
Mozambique, Maputo
Ministry of Health Mozambique
Sweden, Linkoping
Linköpings Universitet
Sweden, Uppsala
Uppsala Universitet
Sörbo, Bo H.
Mozambique, Maputo
Ministry of Health Mozambique
Sweden, Linkoping
Linköpings Universitet
Sweden, Uppsala
Uppsala Universitet
Statistics
Citations: 154
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0140-6736(85)90742-1
ISSN:
01406736
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Mozambique