Long term follow-up of konzo patients

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 447-449

  Cliff, J ^a,c   Nicala, D ^b  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^b Direcc o Provincial de Saude   (Mozambique)

^c Univerdade Eduardo Mondlane   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Cassava; Konzo; Mozambique; Spastic paraparesis

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN CYANIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0030844937     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90279-0     Document Type: Article

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