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Descriptor English: Kwashiorkor
Descriptor Spanish: Kwashiorkor
Descriptor kwashiorkor
Scope note: Síndrome producido por un grave déficit proteico, caracterizado por retraso del crecimiento, alteraciones pigmentarias de la piel y el pelo, edema y alteraciones anatomopatológicas hepáticas, tales como infiltración grasa, necrosis y fibrosis. La denominación de este síndrome deriva de un término local de Ghana, en África, que significa "niño desplazado". Aunque el primer caso se describió en África, el kwashiorkor actualmente se conoce en todo el mundo, pero principalmente en los países tropicales y subtropicales. Se considera que esta entidad está relacionada con el marasmo. (Traducción libre del original: Dorland, 27th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Kwashiorkor
Descriptor French: Kwashiorkor
Entry term(s): Kwashiorkors
Tree number(s): C18.654.521.719.500
SP6.990.625.344.482.510
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007732
Scope note: A syndrome produced by severe protein deficiency, characterized by retarded growth, changes in skin and hair pigment, edema, and pathologic changes in the liver, including fatty infiltration, necrosis, and fibrosis. The word is a local name in Gold Coast, Africa, meaning "displaced child". Although first reported from Africa, kwashiorkor is now known throughout the world, but mainly in the tropics and subtropics. It is considered to be related to marasmus. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
Annotation: severe form of protein malnutrition
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 24223
Unique ID: D007732
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2014/10/16
Kwashiorkor - Preferred
Concept UI M0012087
Scope note A syndrome produced by severe protein deficiency, characterized by retarded growth, changes in skin and hair pigment, edema, and pathologic changes in the liver, including fatty infiltration, necrosis, and fibrosis. The word is a local name in Gold Coast, Africa, meaning "displaced child". Although first reported from Africa, kwashiorkor is now known throughout the world, but mainly in the tropics and subtropics. It is considered to be related to marasmus. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
Preferred term Kwashiorkor
Entry term(s) Kwashiorkors



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