Study of Environmental Enteropathy and Malnutrition (SEEM) in Pakistan: protocols for biopsy based biomarker discovery and validation

Study of Environmental Enteropathy and Malnutrition (SEEM) in Pakistan: protocols for biopsy based biomarker discovery and validation

Abstract Background Environmental Enteropathy (EE), characterized by alterations in intestinal structure, function, and immune activation, is believed to be an important contributor to childhood undernutrition and its associated morbidities, including stunting. Half of all global deaths in children...

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Main Authors: Najeeha T. Iqbal, Sana Syed, Kamran Sadiq, Marium N. Khan, Junaid Iqbal, Jennie Z. Ma, Fayaz Umrani, Sheraz Ahmed, Elizabeth A. Maier, Lee A. Denson, Yael Haberman, Monica M. McNeal, Kenneth D. R. Setchell, Xueheng Zhao, Shahida Qureshi, Lanlan Shen, Christopher A. Moskaluk, Ta-Chiang Liu, Omer Yilmaz, Donald E. Brown, Michael J. Barratt, Vanderlene L. Kung, Jeffrey I. Gordon, Sean R. Moore, S. Asad Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
Subjects:
Childhood undernutrition
Low- middle income countries
Environmental enteropathy
Gut barrier function
Endoscopy
Duodenal biopsies
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-019-1564-x

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