The impoverished gut - A triple burden of diarrhoea, stunting and chronic disease

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 220-229

  Guerrant, Richard L ^a   Deboer, Mark D ^a   Moore, Sean R ^b   Scharf, Rebecca J ^a   Lima, Aldo A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALGRANULIN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CHOLERA VACCINE; ENDOTOXIN ANTIBODY; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LACTOFERRIN; LACTULOSE; MANNITOL; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEOPTERIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RETINOL; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; ZINC;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD HEALTH; CHOLERA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMORBIDITY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MALNUTRITION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STUNTING;

EID: 84876406258     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2012.239     Document Type: Review

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