A case of lethal kwashiorkor caused by feeding only with cereal grain
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Lee, Hyun Ju
(Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University)
Km, Kyung Hye (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University) Park, Hye Jin (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University) Lee, Kye Hyang (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University) Lee, Gyeong Hoon (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University) Choi, Eun Jin (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University) Kim, Jin Kyung (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University) Chung, Hai Lee (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University) Kim, Woo Taek (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University) |
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