Anaemias of marasmus and kwashiorkor in Kenya.

Lipid kinetic differences between children with kwashiorkor and those with marasmus.

BACKGROUND It has been hypothesized that one factor associated with poor prognosis in kwashiorkor, but not in marasmus, is impaired lipid catabolism, which limits the supply of energy that is essential for survival when dietary intake is inadequate. However, this hypothesis has not been tested. OBJECTIVE The objective was to measure lipid kinetics in malnourished children with kwashiorkor or ...

INCAP studies of kwashiorkor and marasmus.

This article summarizes thirty years of intensive clinical metabolic and therapeutic studies of the consequences of severe protein deficiency relative to calories, which results in kwashiorkor, and of a balanced deficiency of protein and calories that results in marasmus. Evidence is provided that these are two different metabolic diseases, but kwashiorkor is usually superimposed on some degree...

Comparison of changes in serum proteins during early treatment in kwashiorkor and marasmus.

Kwashiorkor and marasmus are the two commonest forms of infant malnutrition found in tropical countries and the fundamental aetiological difference between them appears to be in the proportion of carbohydrate in the diet. The diet leading to marasmus seems to be reasonably balanced though insufficient in quantity and therefore in calories as well as protein, whereas the diet leading to kwashior...

Serum amino acids and genesis of protein energy malnutrition.

Twenty four patients of classical marasmus and kwashiorkor along with equal number of healthy controls were selected for the study. Their serum amino acid patterns analysis revealed a mean ratio of glutamate to alanine in fasting samples of normal individuals to be 0.33, while it as 9.3 in kwashiorkor and 1.6 in marasmus. This differences in controls, kwashiorkor and marasmus was statistically ...

Jejunal disaccharidase activities in children with marasmus and with kwashiorkor. Response to treatment.