Protein energy malnutrition
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| Many of the children in this photograph from a Nigerian orphanage in the late 1960's show symptoms of malnutrition, with four in particular illustrating the gray-blond hair symptomatic of kwashiorkor. | |
| ICD-10 | E44.0 E44.0 |
| ICD-9 | 263.9 |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Omodamola Aje B.Sc, M.D. [2]
Synonyms and keywords: Edematous malnutrition; Protein malnutrition; Protein-calorie malnutrition; Malignant malnutrition; Kwashiorkor; Marasmus; Severe acute malnutrition; Protien energy malnutrition
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