Kwashiorker in a child in central Pennsylvania. A seven-year follow-up.
Follow-up of a child who had severe protein malnutrition from the ages of 3 to 6 1/2 months demonstrated intellectual and social functioning within the normal range seven years after diagnosis and treatment. Treatment consisted of peripheral alimentation, followed by an elemental infant formula (lactose free), with nutritional education of the family.
D002657:Child Development; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D007732:Kwashiorkor / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D009048:Motor Skills; D010414:Pennsylvania; D010552:Personality Assessment