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. 1969 Mar 1;1(5643):547-50.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5643.547.

Relationship of a degenerative tropical neuropathy to diet: report of a field survey

B O Osuntokun, G L Monekosso, J Wilson

Relationship of a degenerative tropical neuropathy to diet: report of a field survey

B O Osuntokun et al. Br Med J. .

Abstract

A survey of neurological abnormalities in two Nigerian villages preselected for their differing consumption of cassava has shown that a degenerative neuropathy occurs with relatively high frequency in the village (Ososa) where cassava consumption was high.It is suggested that eating cassava results in exposure to cyanide, as shown by a raised plasma thiocyanate level, and that the latter, together with other factors, may contribute to the pathogenesis of "tropical neuropathy."

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