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kwashiorkor LUcat Search catalogue 294920765

APP
2001-11-06

INP
2001-11-06

STA
Approved

UPD
2012-03-23

DUT
kwashiorkor

IND
1

MIS
also called Protein Malnutrition, condition caused by severe protein deficiency. Protein malnutrition is most often encountered in tropical and subtropical regions in which the diet is high in starch and low in proteins. Kwashiorkor is common in young children weaned to a diet consisting chiefly of cereal grains, cassava, plantain, and sweet potato or similar starchy foods (E.B.)

PPN
294920765

UDC
616.393

MRF
616.39

BT1
deficiency diseases

BSO
08.01.02 ILLNESS AND DISEASE

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