TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1983//
TI  - Intoxication by the chickling pea (Lathyrus sativus): nervous system and skeletal findings
JO  - Archives of toxicology, supplement
A1  - Cohn, D. F.
A1  - Streifler, M.
SP  - 190
EP  - 193
VL  - 6
IS  - 
N2  - Two hundred patients with chronic neurolathyrism were examined 25-35 years after the appearance of signs and symptoms of intoxication of the chickling pea. Their daily food intake, in a German forced labor camp during World War II, consisted of 400 g Lathyrus sativus peas cooked in water plus 200 g bread baked of barley and straw. Apart from the classic signs of neurolathyrism, i.e., a spastic paraparesis, in five cases, the skeletal findings observed were similar to experimental osteolathyrism. There was an absence of ossification centers of the iliac creasts, ischial tuberosities and vertebrae; and bowing with thickening of the femoral shaft also occurred. These bony changes in human lathyrism have not been described before.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0171-9750
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -