Living With Protein-energy malnutrition
By Dr. Christian Flores, MD · · Endocrinology and Metabolism
Patients often ask us about protein-energy malnutrition. Here is what our Endocrinology and Metabolism clinicians want you to know.
About this topic
Topic: protein-energy malnutrition. A nutritional deficiency disease that is characterized by inadequate dietary protein and calories, which can have profound systemic effects including decreased metabolism, altered tissue distribution, compromised immunity, and impaired growth, and has_material_basis_in dietary deprivation.
Related care
- non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor therapy
- haptoglobin measurement
- alkaline phosphatase measurement
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