Is nodding syndrome in northern Uganda linked to consumption of mycotoxin contaminated food grains?

OBJECTIVE: Nodding syndrome (NS) is a type of epilepsy characterized by repeated head-nodding seizures that appear in previously healthy children between 3 and 18 years of age. In 2012, during a WHO International Meeting on NS in Kampala, Uganda, it was recommended that fungal contamination of foods...

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Autores principales: Echodu, Richard, Edema, Hilary, Malinga, Geoffrey Maxwell, Hendy, Adam, Colebunders, Robert, Moriku Kaducu, Joyce, Ovuga, Emilio, Haesaert, Geert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6154931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30249286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3774-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6154931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30249286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3774-y

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