El Nino-southern Oscillation and Lathyrism Epidemics
Epidemics of lathyrism, a neurological syndrome of spastic paraparesis, have occurredduring severe droughts in Europe, Asia, and Africa for millenia. Causation is linked toexposure to β-N-oxalyl-L-α,β-diaminopropionic acid (β-L-ODAP), a neurotoxin in Lathyrussativus. Lathyrism shares neurological fe...
Main Author: | Olusegun Steven Ayodele Oluwole |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Environmental Science |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fenvs.2015.00060/full |
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