TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Cassia occidentalis poisoning causes fatal coma in children in western Uttar Pradesh
JO  - Indian pediatrics
A1  - Vashishtha, Vipin M.
A1  - Kumar, Ashwini
A1  - John, T. Jacob
A1  - Nayak, N. C.
SP  - 522
EP  - 525
VL  - 44
IS  - 7
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0019-6061
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -