Does childhood diarrhea influence cognition beyond the diarrhea-stunting pathway?

Diarrhea is a leading cause of morbidity among children under 5 years of age in low- and middle-income countries yet the additional effects and sequelae, such as cognitive impairment associated with diarrhea, have not been quantified.We quantified the association between diarrhea prevalence and cogn...

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Main Authors: Christa L Fischer Walker, Laura Lamberti, Linda Adair, Richard L Guerrant, Andres G Lescano, Reynaldo Martorell, Relana C Pinkerton, Robert E Black
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3485308?pdf=render