| dc.contributor.author | Mjomba, Mary JM | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-24T09:17:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-24T09:17:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1988 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Master Of Medicine (Paediatrics And Childhealth) | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/25300 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Serum levels of retinol, retinol-binding protein
and prealbumin were measured in 50 children with protein
energy malnutrition, 17 well-nourished children suffering from measles and 33 children with protein-energy
malnutrition suffering from measles.
compared with 37 controls.
These were
Protein-energy malnu~irtion and measles were found to depress retinol and prealbumin levels. There was no significant difference in mean retinol levels among
the study groups. Protein-energy malnutrition with measles combined were found to have a more depressing effect on serum prealbumin level than protein-
energy malnutrition alone. Measles on its own did
not have a marked lowering effect on preqlbumin. Only the combination of measles with protein-energy malnutrition were found to have a depressing effect on serum retinol-binding protein level.
In®unisation against measles and supplementation of v~tamin A in the management of children with
.protein-energy malnutrition and measles will prevent
xerophthalmia and therefore blindness. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University Of Nairobi | en |
| dc.title | Vitamin a status in children with protein-energy malnutrition and Measles at Kenyatta National Hospital | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
| local.publisher | Department of Medicine | en |
