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Expanded gut microbial genomes from Chinese populations reveal population-specific genomic features related to human physiological traits. [PDF]

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Neuro-ophthalmologic manifestations of konzo

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2005
Konzo is a permanent spastic paraparesis of acute onset attributed to the effect of cyanogenic compounds from insufficiently processed bitter cassava in combination with low protein intake. In all studies of konzo, ophthalmologic complaints have been presented but only recently systematic studies of the neuro-ophthalmologic disturbances in konzo have ...
Jean-Claude, Mwanza   +2 more
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Konzo in the Central African Republic

Neurology, 1994
We identified a new focus of konzo, an upper motor neuron disease, in a part of western Central African Republic. Interviews and high serum levels of thiocyanate indicate that cyanide exposure from insufficiently processed cassava may cause konzo. Abrupt onset, nonprogressive course, and seronegativity to HTLV-I clearly differentiate konzo from HTLV-I ...
T, Tylleskär   +4 more
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Long term follow-up of konzo patients

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1997
Nine patients with konzo, a symmetric spastic paraparesis of acute onset that occurs during agricultural crises in cassava-growing areas, were re-examined after 14 years. Konzo outbreaks are associated with eating insufficiently processed bitter cassava and a low intake of essential amino acids. Bitter cassava contains cyanogenic glycosides; processing
J, Cliff, D, Nicala
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Konzo and Ebola in Bandundu region of Zaire

The Lancet, 1997
Vol 349 • March 1, 1997 621 confirmed that before the outbreaks of konzo in the dry season, shortcuts were taken in the soaking of cassava because of increased sales, especially in 1992. The outbreak in 1995 was also preceded by such shortcuts, prompted by a sudden build-up of traders in Popokabaka after a military road block had been set up east of ...
M, Banea, T, Tylleskär, H, Rosling
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Cognitive Effects of Konzo

JAMA, 2013
Konzo, an irreversible neuromotor disorder in children that has been linked to ingestion of bitter cassava root, a staple food in sub-Saharan Africa, also undermines cognitive function, even in those with no physical symptoms of the disease, report researchers from Michigan State University, East Lansing (Boivin MJ et al. Pediatrics.
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Endemische spastische Paraparese (Konzo)

Der Nervenarzt, 2002
Die endemische spastische Paraparese (Konzo) zeichnet sich durch eine zumeist isolierte Lahmung der unteren Extremitaten ohne Sensibilitatsstorungen mit abrupten Krankheitsbeginn und nicht progredientem Verlauf aus, die Symptome sind meist irreversibel.
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