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Epidemic of neurolathyrism in Ethiopia

Lancet, Volume 354, No. 9175, Year 1999

After 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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Citations: 100
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
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Doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02532-5
ISSN: 01406736
Study Locations
Ethiopia

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