Kashin-Bek (Kaschin-Beck) disease

Kashin-Bek (Kaschin-Beck) disease
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.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • Kashin-Bek (Kaschin-Beck) disease — Ka·shin Bek (Ka·schin Beck) disease (kahґshin bekґ) [Nikolai Ivanovich Kashin (or Kaschin), Russian orthopedist, 1825–1872; E.V. Bek (or Beck), Russian physician, early 20th century] see under disease …   Medical dictionary

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