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Dietary intake of sulfur amino acids and risk of kwashiorkor malnutrition in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

BACKGROUND: Kwashiorkor is an often-fatal type of severe acute malnutrition affecting hundreds of thousands of children annually, but whose etiology is still unknown. Evidence suggests inadequate sulfur amino acid (SAA) status may explain many signs of the condition but studies evaluating dietary pr...

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Autores principales: Fitzpatrick, Merry C, Kurpad, Anura V, Duggan, Christopher P, Ghosh, Shibani, Maxwell, Daniel G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8435999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33963736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqab136