Lathyrism: A Review
@article{Barrow1974LathyrismAR, title={Lathyrism: A Review}, author={Mark V. Jr. Barrow and Charles F. Simpson and E J Miller}, journal={The Quarterly Review of Biology}, year={1974}, volume={49}, pages={101 - 128} }
Lathyrism encompases two entities. The first, neurolathyrism, occurs in a variety of animals, including man, after the consumption of several Lathyrus species. Three distinct neurolathyrogens have been isolated thus far from these plants. Clinical manifestations are marked by spastic paraplegia, and degenerative pathological changes are noted in the spinal cord to account for this effect. The other type of lathryrism, observed mainly in rats and turkeys, and not in man, is called osteolathyrism…
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