LATHYRISM: EVIDENCE FOR ROLE OF THE NEUR
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Spencer, PeterS.; Ludolph, Albert; Dwivedi, M.P.; Roy, DwijendraN.; Hugon, Jacqu
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Article
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1986
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The Lancet
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English
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Lathyrism, a form of motoneurone disease induced by excessive consumption of the legume Lathyrus sativus (chickling pea), presents as signs of pyramidal tract involvement. Primate feeding studies show that beta-N-oxalylamino-L-alanine (BOAA), a potent neuroexcitatory aminoacid in the chickling pea,