, | ICD9 = | MeshName = Kwashiorkor | MeshNumber = D007732 | DiseasesDB = 7211 | }} orphanage in the late 1960's show symptoms of malnutrition, with four in particular illustrating the gray-blond hair symptomatic of kwashiorkor.]]Kwashiorkor is a type of malnutrition with controversial causes, but it is commonly believed to be caused by insufficient protein intake. It usually affects children aged 1?4 years, although it also occurs in older children and adults. Jamaican paediatrician Cicely D. Williams introduced the name into international scientific circles in her 1935 Lancet articleWilliams CD. (1935) Kwashiorkor: a nutritional disease of children associated with a maize diet. Lancet 229:1151-2.. When a child is nursing, it receives certain amino acids vital to growth from its mother's milk. When the child is weaned, if the diet that replaces the milk is high in starches and carbohy

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