title: Correlation between alimentary mycotoxin contamination and specific diseases.
abstract: Several pathological cases including primitive hepatomas, Reye's syndrome, alimentary toxic aleukaemia, were encountered in two different Tunisian Sahel hospitals. Contamination of some nutriments of the patients by mycotoxins (aflatoxins, trichothecenes, ochratoxin A, citrinin) are most likely involved in the origin of these diseases.
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000209:etiology; D005506:Food Contamination; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000209:etiology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000506:poisoning*; D012202:Reye Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D014416:Tunisia
chemical_list: D009183:Mycotoxins