AJCN North Carolina Research Campus
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Purchase Article
Right arrow View Shopping Cart
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by WHITEHEAD, R. G.
Right arrow Articles by DEAN, R. F. A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by WHITEHEAD, R. G.
Right arrow Articles by DEAN, R. F. A.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by WHITEHEAD, R. G.
Right arrow Articles by DEAN, R. F. A.

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 14, 313-319, Copyright © 1964 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

Serum Amino Acids in Kwashiorkor

I. Relationship to Clinical Condition

R. G. WHITEHEAD PH.D.1 and R. F. A. DEAN F.R.C.P., PH.D.1

1 From the Medical Research Council Infantile Malnutrition Unit, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

A method for the estimation of serum amino acids, using only 1 ml. of serum and providing information on twelve amino acids, is described.

Applied to children admitted for the treatment of kwashiorkor, the method confirmed that in the acute stage of the illness there is a large reduction in indispensable amino acids, although dispensable amino acids may be kept at a high level. The imbalance between the two groups disappeared when treatment was successful. The imbalance was also found in children who showed few of the accepted signs of kwashiorkor, except growth failure.

The correction of the imbalance may be an important step in the promotion, by therapeutic diets, of the rapid synthesis of proteins.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USAHome page
J. Liu, E. S. Istvan, I. Y. Gluzman, J. Gross, and D. E. Goldberg
Plasmodium falciparum ensures its amino acid supply with multiple acquisition pathways and redundant proteolytic enzyme systems
PNAS, June 6, 2006; 103(23): 8840 - 8845.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Am. J. Clin. Nutr.Home page
C. D Capo-chichi, J.-L. Gueant, E. Lefebvre, N. Bennani, E. Lorentz, C. Vidailhet, and M. Vidailhet
Riboflavin and riboflavin-derived cofactors in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa
Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, April 1, 1999; 69(4): 672 - 678.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 ScienceHome page
H. Baker, O. Frank, S. H. Hutner, H. F. Eichenwald, and P. C. Fry
Subclinical Malnutrition
Science, July 18, 1969; 165(3890): 313 - 313.
[PDF]

Home page
 CLIN PEDIATRHome page
R.G. Whitehead
Biochemical Tests for Assessing Subclinical Nutritional Deficiency
Clinical Pediatrics, September 1, 1967; 6(9): 516 - 518.
[PDF]

Home page
 CLIN PEDIATRHome page
R. E. Brown
A Standard for Childhood Malnutrition?
Clinical Pediatrics, October 1, 1965; 4(10): 565 - 568.
[PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1964 by The American Society for Nutrition