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. 1964 Sep 25;145(3639):1444-5.
doi: 10.1126/science.145.3639.1444.

COMPACT BONE DEFICIENCY IN PROTEIN-CALORIE MALNUTRITION

S M GARN, C G ROHMANN, M BEHAR, F VITERI, M A GUZMAN

COMPACT BONE DEFICIENCY IN PROTEIN-CALORIE MALNUTRITION

S M GARN et al. Science. .

Abstract

Children hospitalized for acute protein-calorie malnutrition in Guatemala City were not delayed in ossification status as compared with Guatemalan Indian children on their customary low-protein diets, but were markedly and often dramatically deficient in cortical bone.

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