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Protein energy wasting; what is it and what can we do to prevent it?

Some children with declining height and BMI SDS fail to respond to optimisation of nutritional intake. As well as poor growth, they have muscle wasting and relative preservation of body fat. This is termed protein energy wasting (PEW). The process results from an interaction of chronic inflammation...

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Autor principal: Rees, Lesley
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7815579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31834488
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00467-019-04424-2