Nutrition Research
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 21-29 , January 2005

Apoptotic changes in lymphocytes of protein energy malnutrition patients

  • Moustafa Abdel Aziz El-Hodhod

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt
    • ,
  • May Fouad Nassar

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +20 2 682 0230; fax: +20 1 606 1392.
    • ,
  • Mona Mahmoud Zaki

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
    • ,
  • Ahmad Moustafa

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt

,Revised 11 August 2004 ,Accepted 1 October 2004.

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PII: S0271-5317(04)00199-X

doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2004.10.005

Nutrition Research
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 21-29 , January 2005

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