Epidemic of neurolathyrism in Ethiopia.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Disease Outbreaks
- Lathyrism