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Marasmic kwashiorkor anemia. III. Hemoglobin oxygen affinity

P Fondu, I M Mandelbaum

    Biomedicine / [Publiee Pour L'A.A.I.C.I.G.]
    |July 1, 1975
    PubMed
    Summary

    Children with marasmic kwashiorkor show normal 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG) levels upon admission, which increase after refeeding. This anemia appears to be an adaptation to reduced metabolic activity in severe malnutrition.

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