Epidemic of neurolathyrism in Ethiopia.
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.
Getahun
H
H
Mekonnen
A
A
TekleHaimanot
R
R
Lambein
F
F
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