The article by Aakash Shrivastava and colleagues in The Lancet Global Health (April, 2017)¹ is timely, and presents an important finding: validation of lychee-associated hypoglycaemic encephalopathy. First described in India,^2–4 the disease is caused by lychee (also spelled litchi) consumption after a prolonged fast by undernourished children due to the presence of a hypoglycaemic agent, methylene cyclopropyl glycine (MCPG). The President of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics expressed scepticism when cases of encephalopathy were first linked with lychee consumption in 2014.

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印度Muzaffarpur的荔枝相关性急性降血糖性脑病暴发

Aakash Shrivastava及其同事在《柳叶刀全球卫生》（2017年4月）^{1上的文章}是及时的，并且提出了一个重要发现：验证荔枝相关的降血糖性脑病。该病最初在印度发生^2-4，是由于由于存在降血糖药亚甲基环丙基甘氨酸（MCPG）而导致营养不良的儿童长时间禁食后食用荔枝（也称为荔枝）引起的。印度儿科学院院长在2014年首次将脑病病例与荔枝食用量联系起来时表示了怀疑。