✦ LIBER ✦
Acute ataxia associated with ciguatera-type (grouper) tropical fish poisoning
✍ Scribed by H. Royden Jones Jr
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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✦ Synopsis
Native inhabitants of tropical islands (latitude 35 degrees south to 35 degrees north), such as the Bahamas, recognize that certain large fish including grouper, red snapper, barracuda, and amberjack may be poisonous if eaten and can produce neurological disorders involving cranial and peripheral nerves. Neither the unwary vacationer nor the continental neurologist may know of this possibility, which escapes detailed discussion in relevant toxicological reports