Neurological diseases associated with intake of cassava varieties with high gluconitrile content;Enfermedades neurológicas asociadas al consumo de variedades de mandioca con alto contenido en gluconitrilos

Endocrinologia y Nutricion

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 418-425

  Llorens, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gait ataxia; Glucosides; Malnutrition; Manihot; Neurotoxicity syndromes; Nitriles; Plant poisoning; Spastic paraparesis

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; GLUCONITRILE; LINAMARIN; LOTAUSTRALIN; NITRILE; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DISEASE; ATAXIA; CASSAVA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KONZO; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; NEUROTOXICITY; NIGERIA; REVIEW; TROPICAL ATAXIC NEUROPATHY; TROPICS;

EID: 6344243251     PISSN: 15750922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1575-0922(04)74638-0     Document Type: Review

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