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Gut Microbiomes of Malawian Twin Pairs Discordant for Kwashiorkor [PDF]

Science, 2013
Tanya Yatsunenko, Mark J Manary, Indi Trehan   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Prenatal factors contribute to the emergence of kwoshiorkor or marasmus in severe undernutrition: evidence for the predictive adaptation model [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Severe acute malnutrition in childhood manifests as oedematous (kwashiorkor, marasmic kwashiorkor) and non-oedematous (marasmus) syndromes with very different prognoses.
Badaloo, Asha V., Barnett, Alan, Beedle, Alan S., Boyne, Michael S., Forrester, Terrence E., Gluckman, Peter D., Green, Curtis, Hanson, Mark A., Osmond, Clive, Soares-Wynter, Suzanne, Taylor-Bryan, Carolyn, Thompson, Debbie   +11 more
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Malnutrition stratified by marasmus and kwashiorkor in adult patients with heart failure. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Malnutrition is classified into marasmus and kwashiorkor in children. However, the clinical significance of these aspects is unclear in adult patients with heart failure (HF).
Sato Y, Yoshihisa A, Sugawara Y, Misaka T, Sato T, Kaneshiro T, Oikawa M, Kobayashi A, Yamaki T, Nakazato K, Takeishi Y.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Diet and kwashiorkor: a prospective study from rural DR Congo [PDF]

PeerJ, 2014
The etiology of kwashiorkor remains enigmatic and longitudinal studies examining potential causes of kwashiorkor are scarce. Using historical, longitudinal study data from the rural area of Bwamanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, we investigated the ...
Asafo-Agyei, Badaloo, Bhaskaram, Brent, Briend, Ciliberto, de Pee, de Pee, Fillion, Frood, Golden, Gopalan, Hanley, Isaksson, Jahoor, Lenhartz, Leskova, Lim, Lin, Manary, Miettinen, Mudambi, Prudhon, Sergio, Stephensen, Strobel, Sullivan, Termote, Van den Broeck, Villamor, Whitehead, Williams, World Health Organization W   +32 more
core   +2 more sources

Improvised Peritoneal Dialysis in an 18-month-old Child with Severe Acute Malnutrition (kwashiorkor) and Acute kidney Injury: A Case Report. [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2013
Severe acute malnutrition is common in developing countries. Children with severe acute malnutrition are prone to complications, including electrolyte imbalance and infections.
Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development (CAH), UNICEF, World Health Organization, Francis Fredrick, Gudila Valentine, H Bachou, HM Mahgoub, IC Anochie, JG Callegari, KD Phadke, PN Obiagwu, PW Kandoth, S Walters, SP Andreoli, V Strazdins   +12 more
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Mechanisms of Kwashiorkor-Associated Immune Suppression: Insights From Human, Mouse, and Pig Studies

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Malnutrition refers to inadequate energy and/or nutrient intake. Malnutrition exhibits a bidirectional relationship with infections whereby malnutrition increases risk of infections that further aggravates malnutrition.
H. Michael, J. Amimo, G. Rajashekara, L. Saif, A. Vlasova   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

One-carbon metabolism in children with marasmus and kwashiorkor

EBioMedicine, 2022
Summary Background Kwashiorkor is a childhood syndrome of edematous malnutrition. Its precise nutritional precipitants remain uncertain despite nine decades of study.
Thaddaeus May, B. de la Haye, Gabrielle Nord, K. Klatt, Kevin B. Stephenson, S. Adams, Lucy B. Bollinger, N. Hanchard, E. Arning, T. Bottiglieri, K. Maleta, M. Manary, F. Jahoor   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Dietary intake of sulfur amino acids and risk of kwashiorkor malnutrition in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2021
Background Kwashiorkor is an often-fatal type of severe acute malnutrition affecting hundreds of thousands of children annually, but whose etiology is still unknown.
Merry Fitzpatrick, A. Kurpad, C. Duggan, Shibani A. Ghosh, D. Maxwell   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Kwashiorkor on the south shore

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2021
Kwashiorkor syndrome is a form of severe protein-energy malnutrition characterized by protein deficiency and bilateral extremity swelling. Worldwide, most affected regions include Southeast Asia, South Africa and Central America; it is rare in developed ...
Samuel T. Arcieri, Szeya Cheung, A. Belkin, Ajish Pillai, Ravi K Gupta   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Difference between kwashiorkor and marasmus: Comparative meta-analysis of pathogenic characteristics and implications for treatment.

Microbial Pathogenesis, 2020
Kwashiorkor and marasmus are two clinical syndromes observed in severe acute malnutrition. In this review, we highlighted the differences between these two syndromes by reviewing the data comparing kwashiorkor and marasmus in literature, combined with ...
Thi-Phuong-Thao Pham, M. Alou, M. Golden, M. Million, D. Raoult   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source