| Kashin-Beck disease |
An endemic arthritis found in parts of China and Russia. Caused by eating bread made from a fungus-infected grain.
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| Kashin-Bek (Kaschin-Beck) d. |
a slowly progressive, chronic, disabling, degenerative disease of the peripheral joints and spine, which principally occurs in children and is endemic in eastern Siberia, northern China, and Korea. It is believed to be caused by the ingestion of cereal grains infected with Fusarium sporotrichiella. Called also osteoarthritis deformans endemica.
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| Kashin-Bek (Kaschin-Beck) disease |
see under disease.
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| Kashin-Beck disease |
[N. I. Kashin, Russian physician, 1825?1872; E. V. Beck (Bek), Russian 20th century physician] Endemic polyarthritis typically found in children in Tibet, China, and neighboring regions. Its cause is unknown, but it is assoc
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