A kwashiorkor case due to the use of an exclusive rice milk diet to treat atopic dermatitis
Although several cases of severe hypoalbuminemia resulting from rice milk have been described in the past, today the use of rice milk without nutritional counseling to treat eczema is still a continuing, poor practice. We describe a kwashiorkor case in an infant with severe eczema exclusively fed wi...
Main Authors: | Mori, Francesca, Serranti, Daniele, Barni, Simona, Pucci, Neri, Rossi, Maria Elisabetta, de Martino, Maurizio, Novembre, Elio |
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4545991/ |
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