Kwashiorkor - New evidence in the puzzle of oedema formation

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark; Center for Child Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland. Electronic address: andre.briend@gmail.com.

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André Briend. EBioMedicine. 2022 Jun.

. 2022 Jun:80:104070.

doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104070. Epub 2022 May 19.

¹ Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark; Center for Child Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland. Electronic address: andre.briend@gmail.com.

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