Konzo: From Poverty, Cassava, and Cyanogen Intake to Toxico-Nutritional Neurological Disease

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases - Tập 5 Số 6 - Trang e1051
Hipólito Nzwalo1, Julie Cliff2
1Faro Central Hospital, Faro, Portugal.
2Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine,, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique.

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