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Effect of kwashiorkor on the cardiovascular system
J W Bergman1, D G Human, M M De Moor
1Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, South Africa.
Archives of Disease in Childhood
|November 1, 1988
Abstract:
In kwashiorkor the heart is clinically and radiologically small. This study utilises echocardiography, a tool not previously used in this disease, to show that this is due to decreased muscle mass.