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The plasma triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) ratios have been evaluated in kwashiorkor and diet-induced obese weaned rats. The concentrations of T3 and T4 were determined in plasma by radio-immunoassay. A significant decrease in T3 level in the order kwashiorkor < obese < control was
Resting metabolic rates have been measured and compared with hepatic mitochondrial respiration in Kwashiorkor and diet-induced obese weaned rats. In Kwashiorkor, resting metabolic rate was 21% lower than the value of controls, while that of the obese rats was 14% higher than in control animals. The
OBJECTIVE
To describe a case of kwashiorkor and an acrodermatitis enteropathica-like eruption associated with zinc deficiency after a distal gastric bypass surgical procedure.
METHODS
A case report of a morbidly obese patient who underwent a gastric bypass operation is presented, including clinical,
BACKGROUND
Kwashiorkor is a clinical manifestation of global protein-calorie malnutrition that is described mainly in children in developing countries initially presenting eczema-like skin disease associated with hydrops.
METHODS
We report the case of a 44-year-old woman with dark skin who had
Twenty-six 3-week-old genetically obese pigs were fed in two experiments to determine the serum chemistry profile during severe protein malnutrition and repletion. Severe protein deficiency was produced in pigs fed the high-fat, low-protein diet (growth failure, rough hair, low serum total protein
A field study was conducted to evaluate the nutritional status of newly arrived Cuban refugees. The protocol consisted of socioeconomic, clinical, anthropometric, laboratory, and dietary investigations. A total of 138 refugees was studied at Opa Locka, Fl. The results revealed that 25% of children
The applicability of the energy/protein index (the ratio between the logarithmic transformation of tricipital skin fold and the brachial muscular circumference) is studied. Results obtained in a group of preschool children exhibiting different clinical-anthropometric forms of malnutrition led us to
Previous work in our laboratory and in others suggest that protein malnutrition plays an important role in the pathogenesis of hepatic dysfunction after jejunoileal bypass for morbid obesity. This experimental study was undertaken to attempt to correlate hepatic dysfunction (the criterion used was
BACKGROUND
Antibiotics, used for 60 years to promote weight gain in animals, have been linked to obesity in adults and in children when administered during early infancy. Lactobacillus reuteri has been linked to obesity and weight gain in children affected with Kwashiorkor using ready-to-use
The aim of this review is to discuss the role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) in the diagnosis, risk stratification, and follow-up of metabolic cardiomyopathies. The classification of myocardial diseases, proposed by WHO/ISFC task force, distinguished specific cardiomyopathies, caused by
Malnutrition is the most common cause of acquired immune dysfunction worldwide. Nutritional deficiencies, excesses, and imbalances influence specific components of the immune system. The severity of immunological impairment depends upon the extent and nature of undernutrition, the presence of
The relationships between nutrition and immune defence in man are poorly understood. The clinical situations of nutritional origin involving immune deficiency: protein energy malnutrition (marasmus and kwashiorkor), nutritional disorders in developed countries, anorexia, obesity, mineral salt and
Anthropometric, biochemical and haematological nutritional parameters were measured in 103 (65 men, 38 women) Durban Zulu adults (urban) and 109 (41 men, 68 women) Tugela Ferry Zulu adults (rural). Men conformed to an ideal weight for height whereas women were 18% overweight in Tugela Ferry and 30%
Forty-nine consecutive patient admissions to a rehabilitation unit were evaluated by a nutritional assessment team. Measured parameters included serum albumin, height, weight, 24-hour protein and calorie intake, and response to 4 antigens (purified protein derivative, streptokinase/streptodornase,