Stunting Is Characterized by Chronic Inflammation in Zimbabwean Infants

BACKGROUND: Stunting affects one-third of children in developing countries, but the causes remain unclear. We hypothesized that enteropathy leads to low-grade inflammation, which suppresses the growth hormone-IGF axis and mediates stunting. METHODS: We conducted a case-control study of 202 HIV-unexp...

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Autores principales: Prendergast, Andrew J., Rukobo, Sandra, Chasekwa, Bernard, Mutasa, Kuda, Ntozini, Robert, Mbuya, Mduduzi N. N., Jones, Andrew, Moulton, Lawrence H., Stoltzfus, Rebecca J., Humphrey, Jean H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3928146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24558364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086928

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3928146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24558364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086928

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