Plasma fatty acids in children with grade III protein-energy malnutrition in its different clinical forms: Marasmus, marasmic kwashiorkor, and kwashiorkor

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 71-75

  Franco, Virginia Helena Merli ^a   Hotta, Júlia Keiko Sakamoto ^a   Jorge, Salim Moysés ^a   Dos Santos, José Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID DEFICIENCY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; LIPID METABOLISM; MALABSORPTION; MALE; MARASMUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION;

EID: 0032910205     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.2.71     Document Type: Article

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