Look up: Konzo


  1. Konzo
    Konzo is an epidemic paralytic disease first described by G. Trolli in 1938, who discovered it amongst the Kwango of the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). The outbreaks are associated with several weeks of almost exclusive consumption of insufficiently processed "bitter" (cyanid...
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  2. konzo
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kon′zō Definitions: 1. An upper motor neuron disease caused by cyanide, manifested principally as spastic paraplegia, seen in Africa, and resulting from the consumption of improperly prepared cassava roots, which contain high concentrations of cyanogenetic glucos...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=47304

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