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Kwashiorkor

Form of severe protein malnutrition characterized by edema and an enlarged liver with fatty infiltrates

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    The Wellcome Trust in Jamaica : infant malnutrition.

    | Date: [1986]
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    Le controle du traitement du kwashiorkor au laboratoire de biochimie clinique : importance des facteurs électrolytiques / par Gauthier Pille.

    Pille, Gauthier. | Date: 1957
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    The Wellcome Trust in Jamaica : infant malnutrition.

    | Date: [1986]
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    Protein and health.

    | Date: 1966
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    Étude des carences protidiques observées chez l'enfant en pays tropical, Kwashiorkor / Henri Dupin.

    Dupin, Henri, professeur. | Date: 1958

Related topics

Infant Nutrition Disorders
Protein-Energy Malnutrition
Nutrition

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