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A Kwashiorkor-Like Syndrome Observed in Monkeys Fed Maize.
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NutritionMonkeys Fed MaizeGeneticsPrimate SystematicsExperimental NutritionObesityBody CompositionPrimate BehaviorPublic HealthEntire LobuleHealth SciencesAnimal PhysiologyAnimal NutritionClinical NutritionGrowth FailureFat AccumulationPhysiologyChild NutritionSymbiosisMetabolism
SummaryGrowing monkeys have been maintained up to 41 weeks on a diet of maize. Animals exhibit growth failure, loss of weight, weakness, apathy, edema with hypoalbuminemia and fat accumulation in the liver, which begins periportally and then spreads to involve the entire lobule. This syndrome appears to have many of the characteristics of kwashiorkor in children.