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Electrophysiologic features in patients with chronic neurolathyrism
Author(s) -
Drory V. E.,
Rabey M. J.,
Cohn D. F.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1992.tb06036.x
Subject(s) - medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , neuroscience , psychology
Neurolathyrism is a toxic nutritional disorder induced by the ingestion of the chick‐pea “lathyrus sativus” and characterized by a pure motor spastic paraparesis. Eight patients with long‐standing disease underwent nerve conduction and electromyographic studies. Two of them (25%) showed electrophysiological signs of lower motor neuron disease in their lower limbs. Subclinical affection of the anterior horn cells occurs probably more frequently than expected in chronic neurolathyrism.