KONZO : the IBRO Africa Regional Committee (ARC) organizes its first Global Advocacy Workshop for Neuroscience in Kinshasa [PDF]
, 2014 Neurological diseases such as epilepsy, konzo, or neurolathyrism are not well understood or even accepted as major causes of disability. It is important that the public – from parents and children to politicians and policymakers – be informed about the ...
Diasolua Ngudi, Delphin
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Cassava food toxins, konzo disease, and neurodegeneration in sub-Sahara Africans [PDF]
Neurology, 2013 Endemoepidemic neurodegenerative diseases putatively caused by food toxins have been reported around the globe with no clear understanding of their pathogenetic mechanisms. These diseases include the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/parkinsonism dementia complex among the Guamanians; neurolathyrism among Europeans, Indians, and populations of the Horn of ...
D, Tshala-Katumbay +7 more
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Persistent konzo and cyanogen toxicity from cassava in northern Mozambique
Acta Tropica, 2002 We aimed to detect new cases of konzo and monitor cyanogen exposure from cassava flour in communities previously affected by konzo epidemics in Nampula Province, northern Mozambique. Other objectives were to detect subclinical upper motor neuron damage in schoolchildren and test a new kit to measure urinary thiocyanate concentration.
Ernesto, Mario +7 more
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NAJFNRBackground Linamarin-induced neurotoxicity manifests as either polyneuropathy, ataxia, and sensorineural deafness or as isolated symmetric spastic paraparesis of bilateral limbs, which are frequently observed in populations subsisting on a monotonous ...
Rafael Vincent Manalo +2 more
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Neurolathyrism in Ethiopia: preliminary data [PDF]
, 2011 A 2007 comprehensive preliminary survey in 57 Kebeles, distributed over 7 administrative zones of Ethiopia with grass pea cultivation, identified 1461 cases of neurolathyrism.
Diasolua Ngudi, Delphin +2 more
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Investigation of the strength or riveted joints in copper sheets : a report [PDF]
, 1946 Prepared as part of an investigation conducted by the Engineering Experiment Station, University of Illinois at Urbana ...
Ozelsel, Ahmet Munci, 1917- +1 more
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Steam turbine blade deposits; a report of an investigation conducted by the Engineering experiment station, University of Illinois, in cooperation with the Utilities research commission [PDF]
, 1946 On cover: University of Illinois bulletin, v.43, no. 59.Bibliography: p.
Straub, Frederick Guy, 1896-
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Flow of liquids in pipes of circular and annular cross-sections [PDF]
, 1931 Cover title.Prepared as part of an investigation conducted by the Engineering Experiment Station, University of Illinois at Urbana ...
Gould, Richard Ernest +2 more
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Control of konzo in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Nature Precedings, 2011 AbstractKonzo is an upper motor neuron disease that causes irreversible paralysis of the legs mainly in children and young women^1,2^, due to consumption of large amounts of cyanogens from poorly processed cassava, the staple food of tropical Africa^3^.
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Making cassava flour safe using the wetting method
South Sudan Medical Journal, 2015 Many people, particularly in Africa, suffer various conditions from eating bitter cassava which contains poisonous cyanogens. As well as poisoning, which sometimes causes death, these conditions include konzo, an irreversible paralysis of the legs, which
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