Kwashiorkor in a breast-fed infant
- 1 December 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 45 (3), 393-396
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-9203(51)80011-7
Abstract
A case history. The disease resembles strongly a malignant malnutrition resulting in the fatty degeneration of the liver. It is probably due to the absence of necessary elements in the staple cereal diets (corn and/or bananas) of the natives.Keywords
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