Absence of variation in facteur thymique sérique activity in moderately and severely malnourished Senegalese children
| Autor: | Salimata Wade, P Le Francois, Mireille Dardenne, Fanny Bleiberg, Gérard Parent, C Carles, Bernard Maire |
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| Rok vydání: | 1982 |
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Thymic Factor Circulating Rosette Formation Protein–energy malnutrition Hydrocortisone Medicine (miscellaneous) Physiology NOURRISSON FACTEUR THYMIQUE SERIQUE Protein-Energy Malnutrition medicine ENFANT D'AGE PRESCOLAIRE Humans MALNUTRITION PROTEINOENERGETIQUE KWASHIORKOR chemistry.chemical_classification Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Kwashiorkor Blood Proteins Anthropometry medicine.disease Senegal Nutrition Disorders Thymus Hormones Malnutrition Zinc chemistry ANTHROPOMETRIE NUTRITIONNELLE Transferrin Child Preschool Marasmus business medicine.drug Hormone |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of clinical nutrition. 36(6) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9165 |
| Popis: | Facteur thymique serique activity was evaluated in relation to different types of malnutrition in Senegalese children aged 5 to 42 months. They were classified in four groups: controls, moderate malnutrition, marasmus, and kwashiorkor, according to anthropometric measurements and clinical examination. The two latter groups were characterized by very depressed levels of total protein, album in, transferrin and prealbumin, and by high cortisol concentrations. Zinc status was marginal in all children. Facteur thymique serique activity, determined by the rosette assay, was normal in the malnourished patients suggesting that moderate as well as severe malnutrition is not necessarily associated with depressed levels of circulating thymic hormone. These results are discussed in relation to zinc status and infections. |
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