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Oedema in kwashiorkor is caused by hypoalbuminaemia
It has been argued that the oedema of kwashiorkor is not caused by hypoalbuminaemia because the oedema disappears with dietary treatment before the plasma albumin concentration rises. Reanalysis of this evidence and a review of the literature demonstrates that this was a mistaken conclusion and that...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Maney Publishing
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4462841/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25223408 http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/2046905514Y.0000000154 |