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ADAPTATION IN PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION (PCM) |
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| Abstract: | Endocrine adaptation to starvation and low protein hypocaloric diets is discussed as a basis for understanding the clinical expression of PCM. Infections common in PCM increase acute phase reactants, which may contribute to the derangement of homeostasis in PCM. |
| Keywords: | protein-calorie malnutrition (PCM) adaptation kwashiorkor marasmus acute phase reactant proteins proteinase inhibitors |