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Old 02-15-2006, 02:15 AM
Goldspot6 Goldspot6 is offline
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to remember kwashiorkor vs marasmus....

kwashiorkor: protein deficient diet, but sufficient calories, leads to skin lesions, fatty liver, and EDEMA

marasmus: not enough calories period, results in tissue wasting...

so...

kwashiorkor is a porker
marasmus has no ***
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