Parkinsonian-like tremors in the recovery phase of kwashiorkor.
Kwashi shakes is described in a 17-month-old Jamaican male infant. This is the first reported case seen at the Tropical Metabolism Research Unit at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica and the first documented case in the West Indian literature.
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Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, U.W.I., Jamaica.
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Forrester
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D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007732:Kwashiorkor / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D014202:Tremor / Q000209:etiology*