Characterization of the patients with kwashiorkor attended in the therapeutic feeding center in Al-Sadaqa Teaching Hospital, Aden, Yemen

<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> Each year nine million children under age five years die. Malnutrition contributes to one-third of these deaths, being the mortality rate for kwashiorkor much higher than for marasmus. <strong>Objective:</strong> To characterize the pat...

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Main Authors: Mohammed Ali Hussein Badi, Bárbara Elena García Triana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana 2015-04-01
Series:Revista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas
Online Access:http://www.revhabanera.sld.cu/index.php/rhab/article/view/926