Kwashiorkor from a severe dietary restriction in an 8-month infant in suburban Detroit, Michigan: Case report and review of the literature

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 500-506

  Tierney, Emily P ^a,b   Sage, Robert J ^a   Shwayder, Tor ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Laser and Skin Surgery Center of Indiana   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUTICASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; POTASSIUM; XIPAMIDE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; FACE EDEMA; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERALIMENTATION; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFANT FEEDING; IRRITABILITY; KWASHIORKOR; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; MALE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RASH; REVIEW; SUBURBAN AREA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UNITED STATES; XERODERMA; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; COMPLICATION; DIET; EXANTHEMA; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN INTAKE;

DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; EMOLLIENTS; EXANTHEMA; HUMANS; INFANT; KWASHIORKOR; MALE; MICHIGAN; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77953084909     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04253.x     Document Type: Review

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