Effects of cassava diet on Cercopithecus aethiops livers: A case for cassava as the cause of both tropical splenomegaly syndrome (TSS) and endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF)

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 5 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Sezi, C L ^a  

^a MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CERCOPITHECUS; DISEASE MODEL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; SEX RATIO; SPLENOMEGALY; SYNDROME; UGANDA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; MANIHOT; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPLENOMEGALY; SYNDROME; UGANDA;

EID: 0030140067     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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