Epidemic of fatal encephalopathy in preschool children in Burkina Faso and consumption of unripe ackee (Blighia sapida) fruit

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9152, 1999, Pages 536-540

  Meda, Honoré A ^a   Diallo, Boukary ^b   Buchet, Jean Pierre ^c   Lison, Dominique ^c   Barennes, Hubert ^a   Ouangré, Amadou ^a   Sanou, Moussa ^d   Cousens, Simon ^e   Tall, François ^d   Van De Perre, Philippe ^a  

^a CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^b District Sanitaire du Secteur 22 ^*  (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d Hôpital National Sanou Souro   (Burkina Faso)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICARBOXYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FATALITY; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SYMPTOM; URINE LEVEL; VOMITING;

EID: 0033060643     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)01088-0     Document Type: Article

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