The Serum Chemistry in Uncomplicated Kwashiorkor

Albumin metabolism: effect of the nutritional state and the dietary protein intake

“…Table IV shows that this was not constant in the malnourished groups. The percentage increase of 11 % in the means from phase 1 to 2, although an underestimate of the rise in intravascular albumin mass in phase 1 in some children, was less than expected in view of the known rapid rise in serum albumin in recovering malnourished children (43). This rise was minimized by the design of the present study, since mainly nonedematous marasmic children were chosen, whose serum albumin levels were not particularly low (44).…”

Syndrome of iron deficiency anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, hypogonadism, dwarfism and geophagia

“…Almost all patients had low fever on admission and they became afebrile after about 4 weeks of iron therapy.…”

“…The probable factors concerned in the mechanism of anemia may be summarized as follows: (1) the total amount of iron in the diet was probably insufficient over many years in respect to growth requirements; (2) the iron in the diet was largely unavailable for absorption because of an associated high phosphate content rendering it insoluble; (3) an accompanying deficiency of vitamin C may have been important; (4) excessive sunburn and sweating probably caused greater iron loss from the skin than would occur in a temperate climate. Geophagia may or may not be related to the anemia in some as yet undetermined manner.…”

The Fat, Protein and Nucleic Acid Content of the Liver in Malnourished Human Infants

“…(Waterlow [2]; Dean and Schwartz [25]). 5, 1.00, 1.45, 1.30 It is impossible to give an exact estimate of the diet 8, 1.45, 1.31, 1.81. before admission to hospital.…”