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An epidemic of veno-occlusive disease of liver in central India

B N Tandon et al. Lancet. 1976.

Abstract

An outbreak of veno-occlusive disease which was probably caused by consumption of cereals mixed with seeds of a plant (Crotalaria sp.) containing pyrrolizidine alkaloids occurred in the Sarguja district of India in November-December 1975. 42% of the 67 recorded cases died.

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