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Glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms may be associated with risk of oedematous severe childhood malnutrition.
The British journal of nutrition - 1 Aug 2006
Marshall Kwesi G, Howell Sharon, Reid Marvin, Badaloo Asha, Farrall Martin, Forrester Terrence, McKenzie Colin A
Abstract excerpt
It has been estimated that more than 50 % of deaths before the age of 5 years have undernutrition as an underlying cause. Severe childhood malnutrition, an extreme form of undernutrition, occurs as oedematous and non-oedematous syndromes. The reasons why only some children develop oedematous severe childhood malnutrition (OSCM) have remained elusive, but the heterogeneity of clinical appearances among children...
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