A Kwashiorkor-Like Syndrome Observed in Monkeys Fed Maize.

A Kwashiorkor-Like Syndrome Observed in Monkeys Fed Maize.

Summary Growing monkeys have been maintained up to 41 weeks on a diet of maize. Animals exhibit growth failure, loss of weight, weakness, apathy, edema with hypoalbuminemia and fat accumulation in the liver, which begins periportally and then spreads to involve the entire lobule. This syndrome appea...

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Veröffentlicht in:Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) N.J.), 1957-11, Vol.96 (2), p.523-528
1. Verfasser: Follis, Richard H.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Animals
Haplorhini
Kwashiorkor
Old Medline
Syndrome
Zea mays
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Zusammenfassung:Summary Growing monkeys have been maintained up to 41 weeks on a diet of maize. Animals exhibit growth failure, loss of weight, weakness, apathy, edema with hypoalbuminemia and fat accumulation in the liver, which begins periportally and then spreads to involve the entire lobule. This syndrome appears to have many of the characteristics of kwashiorkor in children.
ISSN:0037-9727
1535-3702
1535-3699
DOI:10.3181/00379727-96-23527