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marasmus
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marasmus [mə′raz·məs]
(medicine)
Chronic severe wasting of the tissues of the body, particularly in children, due to malnutrition.
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2) Marasmus is one of three forms of serious protein-energy malnutrition (PEM); the other two are kwashiorkor (KW) and marasmic KW.
ECD and the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa by Jackson, Lynette; O'Gara, Chloe; Akinware, Margaret; Akomas, Olive; Nyesigomwe, Lydia; Sabaa, Susan / International Journal of Educational Policy, Research and Practice
Under extreme malnutrition conditions such as marasmic (severe caloric deficiency), and kwashiorkor (severe protein deficiency) impairment of vaccination was found for yellow fever, smallpox (70), tuberculosis, and polio (71,72).
Vaccine-induced antibody responses as parameters of the influence of ... by Vos, Jeff G. / Environmental Health Perspectives
 
 
 
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