Appearance of konzo in South-Kivu, a wartorn area in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 644-649

  Chabwine, J N ^a,d,e   Masheka, C ^a   Balol'ebwami, Z ^a   Maheshe, B ^a,b   Balegamire, S ^a   Rutega, B ^a   wa Lola, M ^a   Mutendela, K ^b   Bonnet, M J ^c   Shangalume, O ^a   Balegamire, J M ^d,e   Nemery, B ^d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF BUKAVU   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^b Hôpital Provincial de Référence de Bukavu   (Rwanda)

^c Bureau Diocésain des Oeuvres Médicales   (Rwanda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e NGO Africa Tomorrow   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Burhinyi; Cassava; Cyanogens; Konzo; Spastic paraparesis; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSIDE; THIOCYANATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASSAVA; CHILD; CONGO; CYANOGENESIS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; KONZO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; WATER CONTENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYANIDES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MANIHOT; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NITRILES; PARAPARESIS, SPASTIC; PLANT ROOTS; THIOCYANATES; YOUNG ADULT;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 79551586050     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.07.050     Document Type: Article

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