Acute illness is associated with suppression of the growth hormone axis in Zimbabwean infants

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 463-470

  Jones, Andrew D ^a   Rukobo, Sandra ^b   Chasekwa, Bernard ^b   Mutasa, Kuda ^b   Ntozini, Robert ^b   Mbuya, Mduduzi N N ^b   Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^c   Humphrey, Jean H ^b   Prendergast, Andrew J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Zvitambo Institute for Maternal and Child Health Research   (Zimbabwe)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; OROSOMUCOID; RETINOL; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATH ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STUNTING; ZIMBABWEAN; AGE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; ZIMBABWE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COUGH; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; OROSOMUCOID; PREVALENCE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84922281693     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0448     Document Type: Article

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