Glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms may be associated with risk of oedematous severe childhood malnutrition.
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...
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| Formato: | Journal article |
| Idioma: | English |
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2006
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