Tag: kwashiorkor

Child showing signs of kwashiorkor: bilateral oedema, hair depigmentation, and dermatitis from severe protein malnutrition
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Kwashiorkor: How Severe Protein Deficiency Disrupts Child Development

A clinical case in the New England Journal of Medicine highlights how severe protein deficiency in kwashiorkor disrupts immune function…

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