Vitamin A supplementation but not deworming improves growth of malnourished preschool children in eastern Zaire

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1320-1327

  Donnen, Philippe ^a   Brasseur, Daniel ^b   Dramaix, Michèle ^a   Vertongen, Francoise ^c   Zihindula, Mweze ^d   Muhamiriza, Mbasha ^d   Hennart, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

^c SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Ctr de Rech en Sciences Naturelles   (Democratic Republic Congo)

Author keywords

Growth; Malnutrition; Preschool children; Vitamin A deficiency; Vitamin A supplementation; Zaire

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE; RETINOL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WORM INFECTION;

EID: 0031877708     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.8.1320     Document Type: Article

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