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Effect of kwashiorkor on the cardiovascular system
- Publication Year :
- 1988
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Abstract
- In kwashiorkor the heart is clinically and radiologically small. This study utilises echocardiography, a tool not previously used in this disease, to show that this is due to decreased muscle mass.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Heart Ventricles
Myocardium
Kwashiorkor
Infant
Disease
medicine.disease
Myocardial Contraction
Heart septum
Text mining
Echocardiography
Internal medicine
Child, Preschool
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
medicine
Cardiology
Heart Septum
Humans
Decreased muscle mass
business
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....46ee02165fd06ea1a28912e30470bd18