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Water Matters More: Unequal Effects of Water and Sanitation on Child Growth in Mozambique

Children
Background: Child stunting and wasting persist at alarmingly high rates in Mozambique, yet little is known about whether the improved sources of water and sanitation affect these outcomes differently.
Jailene P. Castillo, Christina A. Molinaro, William E. Pater, Santosh K. Gautam   +3 more
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Body mass index on bone age in children aged 4-16

Zhongguo linchuang yanjiu, 2023
Objective By analyzing the developmental characteristics of bone age in children aged 4-16 in Loudi City, to explore the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and bone age to study the impact of nutritional status on children's growth and ...
LIU Bingxue, LONG Ye, JIANG Xinping
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Impact of Stunting on Outcomes of Severely Wasted Children (6 Months to 5 Years) Admitted for Inpatient Treatment: A Cross-Sectional Study in an Ethiopian Referral Hospital

Children
Background: Undernutrition is a major public health concern, accounting for nearly half of global under-five mortalities and leading to serious long-term consequences for those who survive.
Serena Pappalardo, Eleni Hagos Giday, Sisay Zeleke Jijo, Francesco Cavallin, Enzo Facci, Giovanni Putoto, Fabio Manenti, Claudia Banzato, Daniele Trevisanuto, Andrea Pietravalle   +9 more
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Dystrophin glycoprotein complex dysfunction:a regulatory link between muscular dystrophy and cancer cachexia [PDF]

, 2005
Cachexia contributes to nearly a third of all cancer deaths, yet the mechanisms underlying skeletal muscle wasting in this syndrome remain poorly defined.
Butchbach, Matthew E R, Burghes, Arthur H M, Guttridge, Denis C, Sahenk, Zarife, Saji, Motoyasu, Acharyya, Swarnali, Ringel, Matthew D, Skipworth, Richard J E, Rafael-Fortney, Jill A, Wang, Huating, Ringel, Matthew D., Hollingsworth, Michael A, Carathers, Micheal, Fearon, Kenneth C H, Butchbach, Matthew E.R., Hollingsworth, Michael A., Muscarella, Peter, Guttridge, Denis C., Rafael-Fortney, Jill A., Skipworth, Richard J.E., Burghes, Arthur H.M., Fearon, Kenneth C.H.   +21 more
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Cerebral Salt Wasting Syndrome

, 2016
A serum sodium (Na) value below 135 mEq/L is evaluated as hyponatremia. Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte abnormality observed in hospitalized patients in particular. Hypovolemic hypoosmolar hyponatremia is the most frequent clinical table. One
Mehmet Salih Sevdi, Eyüp Sabri Akagündüz, Aydın Fırıncıoğlu, Ayşin Selcan, Kerem Erkalp   +4 more
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Critical view on diagnosing muscle wasting by single-frequency bio-electrical impedance in COPD

, 2010
SummaryBackgroundAssessment of muscle wasting in COPD is relevant as it is independently associated with metabolic and functional consequences and even survival.
Spruit, M.A., Rutten, Erica P.A., Wouters, Emiel F.M., Rutten, E.P., Spruit, Martijn A., Wouters, E.F.M.   +5 more
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Muscle wasting in cancer and ageing: Cachexia versus sarcopenia

, 2011
The aim of this chapter is to summarize and evaluate the different mechanisms and catabolic mediators involved in cancer cachexia and ageing sarcopenia since they may represent targets for future promising clinical investigations.
SERPE, ROBERTO, Busquets Silvia, Argiles Josep M., Orpi Marcel, Lopez Soriano Francisco J.   +4 more
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Regulation of skeletal muscle plasticity by glycogen synthase kinase-3β: a potential target for the treatment of muscle wasting

, 2013
Muscle wasting is a prevalent and disabling condition in chronic disease and cancer and has been associated with increased mortality and impaired efficacy of surgical and medical interventions.
Pansters, Nicholas A. M., Langen, Ramon C. J., Schols, Annemie M. W. J., Verhees, Koen J. P.   +3 more
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Effects of tuberculosis and HIV infection on whole-body protein metabolism during feeding, measured by the [15N]glycine method

, 2003
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV infection are wasting diseases that frequently occur together and have severe consequences on nutritional status.Objective: The objective was to determine the effects of TB and HIV, separately and together, on ...
Jackson, Alan A., Cynthia BE Chee, Alan A Jackson, Persaud, Chandarika, Nicholas I Paton, Chandarika Persaud, Ng, Yau-Ming, Paton, Nicholas I., Chee, Cynthia B.E., Yau-Ming Ng   +9 more
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BMC Nutr [PDF]

Background:Despite frequent use of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) to assess populations at risk of nutrition emergencies, as well as evidence that measurement of children based on MUAC identifies different children than weight-for-height (WHZ) as ...

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