World Health Organization’s Growth Reference Overestimates the Prevalence of Severe Malnutrition in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia in Africa

Anthropometric indices are widely used to assess the health and nutritional status of children. We tested the hypothesis that the 2007 World Health Organization (WHO) reference for assessment of malnutrition in children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) overestimates the prevalence of severe malnutritio...

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Autores principales: Ghafuri, Djamila L., Abdullahi, Shehu U., Jibir, Binta W., Gambo, Safiya, Bello-Manga, Halima, Haliru, Lawal, Bulama, Khadija, Usman, Fahd M., Gambo, Awwal, Aliyu, Muktar H., Greene, Brittany C., Kassim, Adetola A., Slaughter, Chris, Rodeghier, Mark, DeBaun, Michael R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7020064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31906442
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm9010119

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7020064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31906442
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm9010119

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