Pro-inflammatory cytokines in Turkish children with protein-energy malnutrition
Background: Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) results from food insufficiency as well as from poor social and economic conditions. Development of PEM is due to insufficient nutrition. Children with PEM lose their resistance to infections because of a disordered immune system. It has been reported th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2002-01-01
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| Series: | Mediators of Inflammation |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0962935021000051566 |