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  • Title: Relationship of a degenerative tropical neuropathy to diet: report of a field survey.
    Author: Osuntokun BO, Monekosso GL, Wilson J.
    Journal: Br Med J; 1969 Mar 01; 1(5643):547-50. PubMed ID: 5764702.
    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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