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Concept information

Preferred term

kwashiorkor

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Síndrome producido por una severa desnutrición proteico calórica observada más frecuentemente en niños y caracterizada por retraso en el crecimiento, cambios en el pigmento de la piel y del pelo, edema, y cambios patológicos en el hígado.

In other languages

  • English

  • marasmic kwashiorkor
  • protein malnutrition
  • sindrome policarencial infantil

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/48620

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