Stunting is characterized by chronic inflammation in Zimbabwean infants.

Stunting is characterized by chronic inflammation in Zimbabwean infants.

Stunting affects one-third of children in developing countries, but the causes remain unclear. We hypothesized that enteropathy leads to low-grade inflammation, which suppresses the growth hormone-IGF axis and mediates stunting.We conducted a case-control study of 202 HIV-unexposed Zimbabwean infant...

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Main Authors: Andrew J Prendergast, Sandra Rukobo, Bernard Chasekwa, Kuda Mutasa, Robert Ntozini, Mduduzi N N Mbuya, Andrew Jones, Lawrence H Moulton, Rebecca J Stoltzfus, Jean H Humphrey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3928146?pdf=render

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