"Kwashiorkor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A syndrome produced by severe protein deficiency, characterized by retarded growth, changes in skin and hair pigment, edema, and pathologic changes in the liver, including fatty infiltration, necrosis, and fibrosis. The word is a local name in Gold Coast, Africa, meaning "displaced child". Although first reported from Africa, kwashiorkor is now known throughout the world, but mainly in the tropics and subtropics. It is considered to be related to marasmus. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
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D007732
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.521.719.500
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Kwashiorkor" by people in Profiles.
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The neglect of kwashiorkor. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2023 11; 7(11):751-753.
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One-carbon metabolism in children with marasmus and kwashiorkor. EBioMedicine. 2022 Jan; 75:103791.
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Choline Supplementation Prevents a Hallmark Disturbance of Kwashiorkor in Weanling Mice Fed a Maize Vegetable Diet: Hepatic Steatosis of Undernutrition. Nutrients. 2018 May 22; 10(5).
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Metabolomic Changes in Serum of Children with Different Clinical Diagnoses of Malnutrition. J Nutr. 2016 Dec; 146(12):2436-2444.
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Possible role of the microbiome in the development of acute malnutrition and implications for food-based strategies to prevent and treat acute malnutrition. Food Nutr Bull. 2015 Mar; 36(1 Suppl):S72-5.
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Functional characterization of IgA-targeted bacterial taxa from undernourished Malawian children that produce diet-dependent enteropathy. Sci Transl Med. 2015 Feb 25; 7(276):276ra24.
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Dietary supplementation with aromatic amino acids increases protein synthesis in children with severe acute malnutrition. J Nutr. 2014 May; 144(5):660-6.
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Effects of randomized supplementation of methionine or alanine on cysteine and glutathione production during the early phase of treatment of children with edematous malnutrition. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 May; 99(5):1052-8.
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Gut microbiomes of Malawian twin pairs discordant for kwashiorkor. Science. 2013 Feb 01; 339(6119):548-54.
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75 years of Kwashiorkor in Africa. Malawi Med J. 2009 Sep; 21(3):96-8.