Environmental enteric dysfunction is associated with poor linear growth and can be identified by host fecal mRNAs

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 453-459

  Ordiz, Maria Isabel ^a   Shaikh, Nurmohammad ^a   Trehan, Indi ^b   Maleta, Ken ^b   Stauber, Jennifer ^c   Shulman, Robert ^d   Devaraj, Sridevi ^d   Tarr, Phillip I ^b   Manary, Mark J ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Droplet digital PCR; Dual sugar absorption test; Environmental enteric dysfunction; Host fecal transcripts; Random forest modeling; Stunting

Indexed keywords

CALGRANULIN A; CD53 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; ESTER; HLA DR ANTIGEN; LACTULOSE; LYSOZYME; MANNITOL; MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN; MUCIN 12; PYRIMIDINE; REG1A PROTEIN; SUCRASE ISOMALTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENTEROPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENTERIC DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWIAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP; STUNTING; URINE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; AFRICA; CHEMISTRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPLICATION; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; RURAL POPULATION;

AFRICA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINES; LACTULOSE; MALE; MANNITOL; RNA, MESSENGER; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84976254381     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001315     Document Type: Article

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