Growth retardation in asthma: role of calorie deficiency.

Growth retardation in asthma: role of calorie deficiency.

Height and weight were recorded and nutrient intake assessed during a 1-year period in 8 short asthmatic children who subsequently received energy supplements for a further year. None received systemic steroids. Total energy intakes in 6 of the children were reduced but no relationship between intakes and linear growth was found. Linear growth performance did not improve despite the fact that e...

Growth retardation and thyroxine-binding globulin deficiency.

role of cultural iran in promotion of multilaieralism in central asia and caucasus

cultural iran is a scope that is more extended than the political territories of iran as a political unit. this concept means that cultural geography(mehdi moghanlo-1383-1) of iran is greater than its political geography which, according to history, has a long history extending west-east from kandahar to the euphrates and north-south from the persian gulf to the caucasus including transoxiana a...

Role of Cytokines in Pathophysiology of Asthma

The worldwide incidence, morbidity and mortality of asthma are increasing dramatically. It is one of the most common disorders encountered in clinical medicine in both children and adults. It affects approximately 5% of the adult population in the western world and its reported incidence is increasing vigorously in many developed nations. A network of a novel mediator known as ‘pleiotropic cyto...

Experimental protein-calorie deficiency.

Many investigations into the effects of malnutrition have as their background the severe calorie and protein deficiencies associated with underdeveloped countries (McCance EL Widdowson, 1968). Mr Miller has already demonstrated that the protein value of a diet is best expressed as net dietary-protein calories yo (NDpCal%), a value that can be obtained by biological assay (Platt & Miller, 1959)....