The interaction of malnutrition and neurologic disability in Africa

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-49

  Kerac, Marko ^a,b   Postels, Douglas G ^d   Mallewa, Mac ^b   Alusine Jalloh, Alhaji ^b   Voskuijl, Wieger P ^a   Groce, Nora ^a   Gladstone, Melissa ^c   Molyneux, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Liverpool ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; NICOTINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B GROUP; ZINC;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEEP TENDON REFLEX; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT NUTRITION; KONZO; LATHYRISM; MACRONUTRIENT; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL POLYNEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; TENDON REFLEX; TONE TENDON REFLEX; TUBERCULOSIS;

AFRICA; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 84896348402     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: 15580776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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