Antioxidant supplementation for the prevention of kwashiorkor in Malawian children: Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7500, 2005, Pages 1109-1111

  Ciliberto, Heather ^a   Ciliberto, Michael ^a   Briend, André ^b   Ashorn, Per ^c   Bier, Dennis ^d   Manary, Mark ^d  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; PLACEBO; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KWASHIORKOR; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MARASMUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT GAIN; EDEMA; INFANT; POWDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; MALAWI; MALE; POWDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN E;

EID: 18744393755     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38427.404259.8F     Document Type: Article

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