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• The essential features of kwashiorkor are
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  Oedema

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  Mental apathy

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  Loss of subcutaneous fat

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  Baggy pant dermatosis

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  Monkey face
• Principal features of Marasmus includes
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  Muscle wasting

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  Hepatic enlargement

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  Oedema

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  Poor appetite

  ঙ

  Hair change
• Marasmus
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  Is associated with muscle wasting.

  খ

  Child has serum albumin levels either normal or only slightly reduced.

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  Refers to malnutrition caused largely by protein deprivation than reduction in total calories.

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  Is associated with oedema.

  ঙ

  Child has easily pluckable hair.
• Kwashiorkor is associated with
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  Oedema

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  Bad outcome than marasmus

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  Inadequate calorie intake

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  Absence of subcutaneous fat

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  Adaptation of metabolism for prolonged survival
• Feature(s) of marasmus is/are
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  Growth retardation

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  Baggy pant appearance at buttock

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  Bipedal oedema

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  Flag sign

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  Apathetic