The Adrenal X-Zone in Kwashiorkor

A Comparison of the X-Zone of the Adrenal Cortex in Two Inbred Strains of Mice*

Recent work by Woolley, Fekete, and Little (6, 8) has demonstrated that in certain inbred strains of mice striking changes in the adrenal cortex follow early castration. The female mice of the dilute brown (Dba) strain, castrated at birth, showed areas of nodular hyperplasia in the adrenal cortex, after one year involving and partly replacing all three zones of the cortex. These mice also showe...

The colon in kwashiorkor.

Redmond, A. 0. B., Kaschula, R. 0. C., Freeseman, C., and Hansen, J. D. L. (1971). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 46, 470. The colon in kwashiorkor. The colon in kwashiorkor was investigated by means of rectal biopsy and sigmoidoscopy in 20 children, followed by barium enema in 10 of the children. The colon during the acute phase of the disease showed a surface epithelial atrophy, with infil...

The cornea in kwashiorkor

The resistance of the cornea to infection is lowered in Kwashiorkor. There is more morbidity of the cornea among children who have been malnourished. Thus among 1,000 well-nourished children examined, there were only 2 (0.2%) children with corneal opacity, whereas among 200 children who were being treated for Protein-Calorie Malnutrition 4 (2%) had corneal lesions. The Lowering of resistance of...

The Transient-Zone in the Human and Mouse Adrenal Gland

The use of histological criteria to classify the stages in development of the transientzone in the human and mouse adrenal gland may elucidate the question of structural and functional homology. The transient-zone differs in its development and probable function in these two mammalian species in three ways. (1) With respect to time of appearance and disappearance, the transient-zone develops in...

Kwashiorkor.