Plasma fatty acids in children with grade III protein-energy malnutrition in its different clinical forms: marasmus, marasmic kwashiorkor, and kwashiorkor
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0142-6338,1465-3664
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.2.71