title: Epidemic of neurolathyrism in Ethiopia.
abstract: After a drought and famine, overconsumption of the drought-tolerant grasspea triggered an epidemic of neurodegenerative neurolathyrism in Northeast Ethiopia. Environmental, nutritional, and medical factors seem to affect the susceptibility.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Getahun
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mekonnen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: TekleHaimanot
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lambein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007842:Lathyrism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology