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Risk of undernutrition assessed by the GNRI index and undernutrition identified by parameters suggestive of undernutrition

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Matos, Andreia   +5 more
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Immunocompetence in undernutrition

The Journal of Pediatrics, 1972
Abstract The pathophysiologic mechanisms of increased susceptibility to and severity of infections in malnourished children were investigated in 90 patients. The tonsils were small in 47 children, and significant lymphopenia was observed in 15. There was a significant depression of serum siderophilin and complement component C3.
Derrick B. Jelliffe, Ranjit K. Chandra
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Undernutrition and Aging

Gerontology, 1997
Diet restriction is a well-recognised method of slowing aging and prolonging life span in animals. However, previous studies of this have tended to start after weaning and the effects of prenatal or early postnatal diet restriction have rarely been considered.
Aihie Sayer, A., Cooper, C.
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Epidemiology of undernutrition

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2001
The present study was undertaken to find out the magnitude of the problem of under nutrition among the children under 5 years of age and also to identify the important factors influencing the nutritional status of the children.30 cluster sampling technique had been applied in the study.
S K, Ray   +4 more
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Diagnosing Undernutrition

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2002
Because of its wide prevalence and its grave consequences on the health of older persons, malnutrition requires immediate attention. Physicians in general have been described as being nutritionally blind in their slowness to recognize undernutrition. A high degree of suspicion, a thorough history and physical examination, and pertinent laboratory data ...
M Louay, Omran, Pascale, Salem
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Leptin and Undernutrition

Nutrition Reviews, 2002
it is certainly a major player. Priorexperience with hormonal signals such as insulin sug-gested that leptin would have pleiotropic actions invarious end organs and that its signals would be inte-grated into a complicated system of checks and balancesinvolving other hormones and neural pathways. Thesepredictions have turned out to be true,
Prentice, Andrew M.   +3 more
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Undernutrition and Growth

New England Journal of Medicine, 1983
Recent interest in eating disorders makes the report on short stature and delayed puberty in this issue a timely one.1 This study raises two points for consideration.
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