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Epidemic optic and peripheral neuropathy in Cuba: a unique geopolitical public health problem.
- Source :
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Survey of ophthalmology [Surv Ophthalmol] 1997 Jan-Feb; Vol. 41 (4), pp. 341-53. - Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- During 1992 and 1993 an epidemic of optic and peripheral neuropathy affected over 50,000 Cubans. This occurred in the unique setting of a communist country which had a widespread health care network and wherein sudden changes in the economy affected most of the population. Although nutritional factors appeared to play a key role in the pathogenesis of the epidemic neuropathy, viral, toxic, and genetic factors were investigated by Cuban and North American scientists. The authors, representing different disciplines and different groups that visited Cuba during the epidemic, review and reflect on the clinical and laboratory findings which became available through their own experience and through reviewing the literature. The recent Cuban epidemic is compared to similar outbreaks of optic and peripheral neuropathy which have occurred in the past.
- Subjects :
- Alcohol Drinking adverse effects
Cuba epidemiology
Humans
Nutrition Disorders complications
Optic Nerve Diseases diagnosis
Optic Nerve Diseases etiology
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases diagnosis
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases epidemiology
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases etiology
Politics
Public Health
Risk Factors
Smoking adverse effects
Disease Outbreaks
Optic Nerve Diseases epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0039-6257
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Survey of ophthalmology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9104771
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0039-6257(96)00008-2