Clinical and etiological profile of tropical ataxic neuropathy in Kerala, South India

European Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-26

  Madhusudanan, Mohan ^a   Menon, Murali K ^a   Ummer, Karaden ^a   Radhakrishnanan, Kurupath ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Cassava; Neuromyelopathies; Neuropathies; Tapioca; Tropics

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; PYRIDOXINE; THIAMINE; THIOCYANATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIET; FEMALE; GAIT ATAXIA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MANIHOT; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNEUROPATHIES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 44849129836     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127975     Document Type: Article

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