1 table isotope tracers in eight children with marasmus and acute infection (pneumonia or malaria) to d

2 ed rate of protein turnover in children with marasmus and acute infection requires further investigat

3                                              Marasmus and kwashiorkor are clinically distinct manifes

4 tion did not explain the differences between marasmus and kwashiorkor.

5 earch in the epidemiology of kwashiorkor and marasmus, development of a successful low-cost protein-r

6                      The children had either marasmus, kwashiorkor, or marasmic kwashiorkor.

7 otein breakdown and synthesis were higher in marasmus than in kwashiorkor (227 +/- 59 compared with 1

8 rotein synthesis and breakdown are higher in marasmus than in kwashiorkor during acute infection.

9  (total protein minus albumin) was higher in marasmus than kwashiorkor (40 +/- 17 compared with 25 +/

10 is were disappearing, but kwashiorkor and/or marasmus were common in most developing countries.