An Outbreak of Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease in Western Afghanistan Associated with Exposure to Wheat Flour Contaminated with Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids

Pyrrolizidine alakloids (PAs) are known to cause hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOD). Outbreaks have occurred in Western Afghanistan since 1974, the latest in February 2008. We conducted an outbreak investigation using a case-control design. Sixty-seven cases of VOD were compared with 199 community...

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Autores principales: Kakar, Faizullah, Akbarian, Zarif, Leslie, Toby, Mustafa, Mir Lais, Watson, John, van Egmond, Hans P., Omar, Mohammad Fahim, Mofleh, Jawad
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2905904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20652038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/313280

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2905904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20652038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/313280

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