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. 2011 Oct;41(4):230-2.
doi: 10.1258/td.2011.100140. Epub 2011 Aug 30.

Co-existence of micronutrient deficiencies in hospitalized children with severe malnutrition treated according to the WHO protocol

Maria de Fátima Costa Caminha  1 , Manoela Almeida Santos da Figueira, Ana Rodrigues Falbo, Roberta Corrêa de Araújo de Amorim, Thomaz Caminha Gallindo, Malaquias Batista Filho
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Co-existence of micronutrient deficiencies in hospitalized children with severe malnutrition treated according to the WHO protocol

Maria de Fátima Costa Caminha et al. Trop Doct. 2011 Oct.

Abstract

We assessed the involvement of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) and anaemia as co-morbidities associated with severe forms of protein-energy malnutrition in hospitalized children. In a descriptive case series study of 57 children, one clinical case of xerophthalmia was diagnosed: 44.0% had levels of serum retinol <20 µg/dL and 88.0% had Hb <11 g/dL, of whom 30.0% had haemoglobin levels below 7.0 g/dL.

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