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. 1985 Feb;48(2):154-6.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.48.2.154.

Vitamin B nutrition in the Nigerian tropical ataxic neuropathy

B O Osuntokun, A Aladetoyinbo, O Bademosi

Vitamin B nutrition in the Nigerian tropical ataxic neuropathy

B O Osuntokun et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1985 Feb.

Abstract

Assessment of nutritional status of vitamin B components by plasma or blood levels indicated riboflavin deficiency and possibly thiamine deficiency in Nigerian patients who suffered from tropical ataxic neuropathy and neurologically normal Nigerians who subsisted on predominant cassava diet. Serum levels of folate, niacin, pyridoxine and panthothenic acid were normal. Vitamin deficiencies probably are minor factors, if any, in the pathogenesis of tropical ataxic neuropathy in Nigerians.

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