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Acute Illness Is Associated with Suppression of the Growth Hormone Axis in Zimbabwean Infants

Frequent infections contribute to childhood stunting in developing countries but the causal pathways are uncertain. We tested the hypothesis that intercurrent illnesses suppress the growth hormone axis through reductions in insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1). In a birth cohort of 202 HIV-unexposed...

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Publicado en:Am J Trop Med Hyg
Main Authors: Jones, Andrew D., Rukobo, Sandra, Chasekwa, Bernard, Mutasa, Kuda, Ntozini, Robert, Mbuya, Mduduzi N. N., Stoltzfus, Rebecca J., Humphrey, Jean H., Prendergast, Andrew J.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2015
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4347356/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25535308
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.14-0448
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