Toxicology lettersHumansChildLitchiAcute Febrile EncephalopathyFruit
Is lychee-associated encephalopathy in children a straightforward case of toxicity or a complex metabolic and environmental cascade?
Richa Soni, Santasabuj Das, Gopal Shankar Sahni, Dweipayan Goswami, Deepak Verma, Bikash Das, Palak Parmar
Published: 202510.1016/j.toxlet.2025.111742
Abstract
Every year, annual outbreaks of AES occur in lychee-growing regions: previously healthy children suddenly succumb to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES). Initial suspicions pointed towards the seemingly innocent lychee fruit and its inherent toxins, Hy…
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