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21368671

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-5-19
pubmed:abstractText
Optic neuropathy epidemics have proven to be a serious public health problem around the world. Recently, documented outbreaks have occurred in Cuba and Tanzania, with almost identical clinical presentation. Investigations of both epidemics have implicated nutritional deficiencies as part of a multifactorial etiology, and thus, it is proposed that there may be many undetected epidemics in other food-deprived nations. Somalia, a country subject to prolonged droughts and civil war, may be at particular risk of nutritional deficits. We conducted a case series in Mogadishu, the Somalian capital, with the aim of identifying and characterizing any cases of epidemic optic neuropathy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1536-5166
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
127-30
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Epidemic optic neuropathy is evident in the Somalian population.
pubmed:affiliation
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't