Cassia occidentalis poisoning causes fatal coma in children in western Uttar Pradesh.
dc.contributor.author | Vashishtha, Vipin M | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kumar, Amod | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | John, T Jacob | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Nayak, N C | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-07-09 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-05-27T05:08:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-07-09 | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2009-05-27T05:08:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007-07-09 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | We investigated cases of the annual seasonal outbreaks of acute hepato-myo-encephalopathy in young children in western Uttar Pradesh for causal association with Cassia occidentalis poisoning, by a prospective survey in 2006. During September-October homes of 10 consecutive cases were visited and history of eating Cassia beans was obtained in all. Nine children died within 4-5 days. There appears to be an etiological association between consumption of Cassia occidentalis beans and acute hepato-myo-encephalopathy. | en_US |
dc.description.affiliation | Mangla Hospital, Shakti Chowk, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh 246 701, India. vmv@manglahospital.org | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Vashishtha VM, Kumar A, John TJ, Nayak NC. Cassia occidentalis poisoning causes fatal coma in children in western Uttar Pradesh. Indian Pediatrics. 2007 Jul; 44(7): 522-5 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/8590 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.source.uri | https://indianpediatrics.net | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Brain Diseases --etiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Case-Control Studies | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Child | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Child, Preschool | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Coma --etiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Disease Outbreaks | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Environment | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Female | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | India --epidemiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Liver Diseases --etiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Male | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Muscular Diseases --etiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Prospective Studies | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Rural Population | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Seeds | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Senna Plant --poisoning | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Syndrome | en_US |
dc.title | Cassia occidentalis poisoning causes fatal coma in children in western Uttar Pradesh. | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
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