Effect of kwashiorkor on the cardiovascular system.
Open Access
- 1 November 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 63 (11) , 1359-1362
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.63.11.1359
Abstract
In kwashiorkor the heart is clinically and radiologically small. This study utilises echocardiography, a tool not previously used in this disease, to show that this is due to decreased muscle mass.Keywords
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