Biomarkers of environmental enteropathy, inflammation, stunting, and impaired growth in children in northeast Brazil

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Guerrant, Richard L ^a   Leite, Alvaro M ^b   Pinkerton, Relana ^a   Medeiros, Pedro H Q S ^b   Cavalcante, Paloma A ^b   DeBoer, Mark ^a   Kosek, Margaret ^g   Duggan, Christopher ^c   Gewirtz, Andrew ^d   Kagan, Jonathan C ^c   Gauthier, Anna E ^c   Swann, Jonathan ^e   Mayneris Perxachs, Jordi ^e   Bolick, David T ^a   Maier, Elizabeth A ^f   Guedes, Marjorie M ^f   Moore, Sean R ^f   Petri, William A ^a   Havt, Alexandre ^b   Lima, Ila F ^b   De Prata, Mara Moura Gondim ^b   Michaleckyj, Josyf C ^a   Scharf, Rebecca J ^a   Sturgeon, Craig ^c   Fasano, Alessio ^c   Lima, Aldo A M ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CD14 ANTIGEN; CITRULLINE; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; HAPTOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KYNURENINE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEOPTERIN; SERUM AMYLOID A; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTEROPATHY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUNTING; URINALYSIS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84991781199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158772     Document Type: Article

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