I. Experiments in children and in animals seem to demonstrate that in marasmic malnutrition there is a reduction in the secretion of growth hormone. To study this problem the fasting, resting plasma concentrations of growth hormone were determined, before, and 45 and 60 min after, stimulation with an intravenous dose of arginine, in six infants with marasmus, in six infants with kwashiorkor and...

I. A femur was analysed from each of the following malnourished children: five Turkish (4-7.5 months; marasmic), eight Jamaican (9-13 months; two marasmic, one marasmic with kwashiorkor, three with kwashiorkor, two ‘malnourished’) and two Ugandan (I: and 12 months; marasmic and with kwashiorkor respectively). These were matched with appropriate controls. Dry weight, fat, total nitrogen, collage...

Correspondence MEDICALTJOSRNAL 559 Acquired Pure Red Cell Aplasia SIR,-May we make the following observation about your article on acquired pure red cell aplasia and its treatment with steroids (6 April, p. 3) ? A pure red cell aplasia that responded to riboflavine or prednisone has been described in African adults and in children with marasmus and kwashiorkor.' In marasmus and kwashiorkor an e...

The syndrome of protein-calorie malnutrition is associated with an increased frequency of infections which often precipitate or aggravate the state of malnutrition. The importance and the farreaching implications of the interaction between malnutrition and infections, a predominantly synergistic one, have been stressed by Scrimshaw, Taylor, and Gordon (1959) and more recently by the Joint FAO/W...