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SUBCLINICAL PROTEIN‐ENERGY MALNUTRITION IN UNDER‐PRIVILEGED ETHIOPIAN MOTHERS AND THEIR NEWBORN INFANTS
Author(s) -
GEBREMEDHIN MEHARI,
LARSSON ULLA,
LINDBLAD BO S.,
ZETTERSTRÖM ROLF
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1978.tb16305.x
Subject(s) - medicine , subclinical infection , malnutrition , in utero , valine , cord blood , methionine , tyrosine , protein–energy malnutrition , cord , glycine , obstetrics , fetus , pediatrics , pregnancy , amino acid , surgery , biochemistry , biology , genetics , chemistry
. An increased glycine/valine ratio in the maternal and cord vein plasma was observed in under‐privileged women and their newborn babies in Ethiopia. There was a delay in the decrease of branch‐chained amino acids during the immediate neonatal period. These findings indicate malnutrition in utero and are identical with those of a previous study in an under‐privileged group in Pakistan. A reduced cord/maternal ratio of tyrosine and methionine was found in the Ethiopian material, indicating placental dysfunction of unknown origin.