A case of kwashiorkor in the UK

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 131-133

  Lunn, P G ^a,b   Morley, C J ^a   Neale, G ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Kwashiorkor; Protein malnutrition

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MULTIVITAMIN; PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; DIET; EDEMA; HAIR; HEIGHT; HUMAN; KWASHIORKOR; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFEEDING; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT;

EID: 0031827738     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5614(98)80007-1     Document Type: Article

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