Antimetabolites and an optic neuropathy epidemic in Cuba
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An epidemic neuropathy that broke out in Cuba in late 1991 has exhibited clinical manifestations similar to those of other polyneuropathies of nutritional origin. To investigate its possible association with diet, a study was conducted on the Isle of Youth in 1993, at the start of an outbreak there. Thirty-four subjects with cases and 65 controls were interviewed regarding their diets, measured...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0002-9165,1938-3207
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/65.4.1092