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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS

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medicine

Effect of human growth hormone in kwashiorkor and marasmus

Archives of Disease in Childhood, Volume 42, No. 221, Year 1967

Human growth hormone 0.2 mg./kg. produced no significant metabolic effect in children with kwashiorkor or marasmus when given during the second week of dietary rehabilitation. A larger dose failed to mobilize free fatty acids before dietary treatment began.

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Disability
Maternal And Child Health
Noncommunicable Diseases