Classification of protein-calorie undernutrition in children.
Open Access
- 1 December 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 42 (226) , 647-651
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.42.226.647
Abstract
On a basis of dietetic history, and of physical and biochemical findings in 87 cases of protein-calorie undernutrition in children, 3 distinct syndromes are defined: kwashiorkor, marasmus, and nutritional edema.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit: