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Crippling konzo in DRC, three generations later [PDF]
, 2014 Banea Mayambu, Jean-Pierre +2 more
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Biology, Medicine & Natural Product Chemistry, 2023 Konzo is a neurological disorder of selective upper motor neurons. It is an irreversible paralytic disease associated with prolonged consumption of Cassava.
Lekpa Kingdom David +3 more
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On the molecular mechanisms of konzo and neurolathyrism [PDF]
, 2011 Diasolua Ngudi, Delphin +3 more
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Revue des Sciences de la Santé, 2023 Le Konzo est une paralysie spastique, dont l’apparition est brusque, permanente et incurable des membres inférieurs. Il est une maladie neurologique attribuée à l’exposition au cyanure du fait de la consommation prolongée de grandes quantités du manioc ...
Ignace BALOW’A KALONJI KAMUNA +1 more
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Konzo associated with war in Mozambique [PDF]
Tropical Medicine & International Health, 1997 We report an epidemic of konzo, symmetric spastic paraparesis associated with cassava consumption and cyanide exposure: 384 patients were treated in rehabilitation centres; the prevalence rate in a badly affected area was 30/1000. Most patients were children over 3 and women.
J, Cliff +7 more
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Why are neurolathyrism and konzo neglected diseases? [PDF]
, 2010 Diasolua Ngudi, Delphin +1 more
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Konzo: from poverty, cassava, and cyanogen intake to toxico-nutritional neurological disease.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011 Konzo is a distinct neurological entity with selective upper motor neuron damage, characterized by an abrupt onset of an irreversible, non-progressive, and symmetrical spastic para/tetraparesis.
Hipólito Nzwalo, Julie Cliff
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Motor impairments induced by microinjection of linamarin in the dorsal hippocampus of Wistar rats
Neurología (English Edition), 2016 Introduction: Cassava, also known as yuca or manioc (Manihot esculenta Crantz), is a staple food in tropical and subtropical regions since it is an important source of carbohydrates.
E. Rivadeneyra-Domínguez +1 more
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Neurología, 2016 Resumen: Introducción: La yuca, cassava o mandioca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) constituye uno de los alimentos básicos en regiones tropicales y subtropicales, por ser fuente importante de hidratos de carbono. No obstante, contiene compuestos cianogénicos,
E. Rivadeneyra-Domínguez +1 more
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Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies, 2016 In this paper I will analyse in which way the traditional healers’ functions in Konzo society have changed when they got in contact with other religions such as Islam and Christianity.
Gilberto Borri
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