Open AccessEffect of Renutrition on Natural and Cell-Mediated Immune Response in Infants With Severe Malnutrition
Author(s) -
Edgar M. VásquezGaribay,
Octavio CampolloRivas,
Enrique RomeroVelarde,
Concepción MéndezEstrada,
Trinidad GarcíaIglesias,
José Guadalupe AlvizoMora,
Bárbara VizmanosLamotte
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.206
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1536-4801
pISSN - 0277-2116
DOI - 10.1097/00005176-200203000-00015
Subject(s) - medicine , immune system , malnutrition , protein–energy malnutrition , energy expenditure , zoology , physiology , immunology , biology
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether a 4-week nutritional recovery period with a starting infant formula and 3.35 kJ/mL energy density would favorably affect the natural and cell-mediated immune response in infants with severe and primary protein-energy malnutrition.