0 a serious disease caused by eating too little protein, mainly found in children in parts of tropical Africa
Those who had suffered at some time with kwashiorkor showed a significantly higher mean interval previous to the birth, compared with those who had not.
The unusual result of an increase in birth interval on either side of children ever suffering from kwashiorkor is intriguing.
The small heart in kwashiorkor is due to muscle wasting.
More recent work indicates that in kwashiorkor there is a failure to adapt to the dietary deficiency and that this is often precipitated by infection.
He deals with its present classification and, particularly, the clinical characteristics of marasmus and kwashiorkor, as well as their diagnostic differences.
However, we now know that kwashiorkor is one end of a spectrum of malnutrition with marasmus at the other extreme.
Results from other analyses pointed to the relationship between higher birth orders and higher mortality, lower growth between birth and 6 months, and greater probability of suffering from kwashiorkor.
One of the 2 who developed kwashiorkor was admitted to hospital at 7 months weighing 4-5 kg, having remained within 0-5 kg of her weight at 3 months.
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瓜西奧科兒症,紅孩兒症(一種攝入蛋白質過少導致的嚴重疾病,主要發病人群是非洲熱帶地區的兒童)…
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夸希奥科(病),恶性营养不良病(一种摄入蛋白质过少导致的严重疾病,主要发病人群是非洲热带地区的儿童)…
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