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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 32, 753-757, Copyright © 1979 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Long-term effects of kwashiorkor on the electroencephalogram

PR Bartel, RD Griesel, I Freiman, EU Rosen and J Geefhuysen

The long-term effects of kwashiorkor on the electroencephalogram were assessed by means of computer analysis techniques. The experimental group, consisting of 30 black children, 6 to 12 years old, hospitalized for the treatment of kwashiorkor during the first 27 months of life, was age-matched with three control groups. These were a group of siblings and of yardmates, neither of whom had been exposed to acute infantile malnutrition, and a very high socioeconomic group of white children. The results revealed significantly less alpha activity and more slow-wave activity in the electroencephalogram of the kwashiokor group than in those of the control groups. These findings confirmed previous results based on visual analysis procedures.




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