Nutritional status of children of urban leprosy patients staying at preventoria based on biochemical parameters
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The dietary profile of children of leprosy patients that had been placed in a preventorium was developed. Results show that children segragated from their parents enjoyed better health than their uninstutionalized counterparts. However, these children exhibited lower weight-for-age proportions than control children of the same socio-economic status. This undernutrition may be due to a genetic intrauterine growth retardation and poverty and food deprivation experience in the first four years the children were with their parents.
Publication Name: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-3007
Year: 1992
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Vitamin A status in children with pneumonia
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A study of 34 pneumonic children aged up to 8 years suggests that a low plasma vitamin A level may be a result of an acute phase of infection. Children were divided into a control group receiving routine therapy and a study group which received vitamin A doses. After a week, in both the groups the mean plasma levels of vitamin A, carotenoids, retinol binding protein, albumin and total proteins had increased from their baseline.
Publication Name: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-3007
Year: 1995
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The effect of leprosy-induced deformity on the nutritional status of index cases and their household members in rural South India: A socio-economic perspective
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The socioeconomic and nutritional status of cured leprosy patients with residual deformity and their household members was compared with that of cured leprosy patients without deformity.
Publication Name: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-3007
Year: 2000
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