Osuntokun B O, Aladetoyinbo A, Bademosi O
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1985 Feb;48(2):154-6. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.48.2.154.
Assessment of nutritional status of vitamin B components by plasma or blood levels indicated riboflavin deficiency and possibly thiamine deficiency in Nigerian patients who suffered from tropical ataxic neuropathy and neurologically normal Nigerians who subsisted on predominant cassava diet. Serum levels of folate, niacin, pyridoxine and panthothenic acid were normal. Vitamin deficiencies probably are minor factors, if any, in the pathogenesis of tropical ataxic neuropathy in Nigerians.
通过血浆或血液水平对维生素B成分的营养状况评估表明,患有热带共济失调性神经病的尼日利亚患者以及以木薯为主食的神经功能正常的尼日利亚人存在核黄素缺乏,可能还有硫胺素缺乏。血清叶酸、烟酸、吡哆醇和泛酸水平正常。维生素缺乏在尼日利亚人热带共济失调性神经病的发病机制中可能是次要因素(如果有的话)。