Insulin Growth Factor-I in Protein-Energy Malnutrition during Rehabilitation in Two Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres in Burkina Faso

Objective. To investigate the relationship between IGF-I and the nutritional status of West-African children hospitalised for nutritional rehabilitation. Patients and methods. A cohort study was performed in two centres for nutritional rehabilitation and education (CREN) in Burkina Faso. Children w...

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Main Authors: S. Kouanda, B. Doulougou, V. De Coninck, L. Habimana, B. Sondo, R. Tonglet, J. M. Ketelslegers, A. Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Tropical Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/832589