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Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Nutrition Disorders > Malnutrition > Severe Acute Malnutrition > Kwashiorkor

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Kwashiorkor  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • severe form of protein malnutrition

Scope note

  • 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)

In other languages

  • kvasiorkor

    Finnish

  • kwashiorkor
  • malnutritio gravis ex deficientia proteinica
  • marasmus nutritionalis
  • ravitsemuksellinen marasmi
  • svår proteinundernäring (kwashiorkor)
  • vaikea proteiinialiravitsemus
  • valkuaisaliravitsemus
  • Kwashiorkor

    Swedish

  • Proteinundernäring

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007732

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