Biomarkers of Environmental Enteric Dysfunction among Children in Rural Bangladesh

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 40-46

  Campbell, Rebecca K ^a   Schulze, Kerry J ^a   Shaikh, Saijuddin ^a,b   Mehra, Sucheta ^a   Ali, Hasmot ^a,b   Wu, Lee ^a   Raqib, Rubhana ^c   Baker, Sarah ^a   Labrique, Alain ^a   West, Keith P ^a   Christian, Parul ^a  

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

^b JiVitA Project   (Bangladesh)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

biomarkers; inflammation; South Asia; stunting; undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LACTULOSE; MANNITOL; MYELOPEROXIDASE; OROSOMUCOID;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; ENTEROPATHY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENTERIC DYSFUNCTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RURAL POPULATION; URINALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INFANT; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LEAST SQUARE ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BANGLADESH; BIOMARKERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; PERMEABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85014682842     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001557     Document Type: Article

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