If people do not eat enough protein, they get the disease called kwashiorkor.

Kwashiorkor cases occur in areas of famine or poor food supply.

A similar disorder, seen in very young malnourished children, is kwashiorkor.

"This is different from reporting about insufficient resources or a high rate of Kwashiorkor," she wrote.

A chronic lack of protein in the diet leads to kwashiorkor.

Kwashiorkor is a form of malnutrition due to a deficiency in protein.

This means in patients suffering from kwashiorkor, protein must be introduced back into the diet gradually.

The prognosis is better than it is in kwashiorkor.

Children are more vulnerable to kwashiorkor whose advanced symptoms include weight loss and muscle wasting.

Kwashiorkor is a type of protein energy malnutrition.

Their hair was often discolored or falling out, a sign of the protein deficiency known as kwashiorkor.

Oedema due to kwashiorkor (swollen belly) is always a "cause for concern"

It is deprived enough for the poorer inhabitants to have kwashiorkor, or protein deprivation.

Children with kwashiorkor often develop irritability and anorexia.

The state of California average for Medicare patients is 0.2% suffering from kwashiorkor.

Protein wasting in kwashiorkor may lead to edema.

Kwashiorkor and marasmus are childhood disorders caused by lack of dietary protein.

Maize also is deficient in essential amino acids, which can result in kwashiorkor.

Kwashiorkor was once attributed to pure protein deficiency in individuals who were consuming enough calories ("sugar baby syndrome").

Williams asked the local women what they called this condition, and was told kwashiorkor, which Williams translated as "disease of the deposed child".

Whenever famine strikes in the Horn of Africa, we too see malnutrition and kwashiorkor, on our television screens.

The defining sign of kwashiorkor in a malnourished child is pedal edema (swelling of the feet).

"We saw diarrhea, kwashiorkor and pneumonia.

Protein deficiency and malnutrition can lead to variety of ailments including mental retardation and kwashiorkor.

Victims of kwashiorkor fail to produce antibodies following vaccination against diseases, including diphtheria and typhoid.