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  • Title: Epidemic spastic paraparesis in Bandundu (Zaire).
    Author: Carton H, Kayembe K, Kabeya, Odio, Billiau A, Maertens K.
    Journal: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry; 1986 Jun; 49(6):620-7. PubMed ID: 3734818.
    Abstract:
    Epidemiological findings of twenty sporadic cases of epidemic spastic paraparesis (buka-buka) in three areas of Bandundu (Zaire) are reported. These findings suggest the involvement of an infectious agent and do not support the hypothesis of a dietary cyanide intoxication, which has been advanced to explain the outbreak of a very similar disease (Mantakassa) in Mozambique.
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