Moderate and severe protein energy malnutrition in childhood: Effects on jejunal mucosal morphology and disaccharidase activities

Extract: The enzymatic activities of maltase, sucrase, and lactase were determined in jejunal biopsies obtained from 24 children with gastrointestinal symptoms and different degrees of protein energy malnutrition (PEM) to see if these differences were related to the extent of malnutrition or to conc...

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