Revisiting konzo risk factors in three areas differently affected by spastic paraparesis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo discloses a prominent role of the nutritional status--a comparative cross-sectional study - Baguma M, Malembaka EB, Bahizire E, Mudumbi GZ, Shamamba DB, Matabaro AN, Rigo JM, Njamnshi AK, Chabwine JN.

This comparative cross-sectional study aimed to better understand the respective contributions of protein malnutrition and cassava-derived cyanide poisoning in the development of konzo. We compared data on nutritional status and cyanide exposure of school-...
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