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| Oriá,R.B.; Patrick,P.D.; Oriá,M.O.B.; Lorntz,B.; Thompson,M.R.; Azevedo,O.G.R.; Lobo,R.N.B.; Pinkerton,R.F.; Guerrant,R.L.; Lima,A.A.M.. |
| A series of studies have shown that the heavy burdens of diarrheal diseases in the first 2 formative years of life in children living in urban shanty towns have negative effects on physical and cognitive development lasting into later childhood. We have shown that APOE4 is relatively common in shanty town children living in Brazil (13.4%) and suggest that APOE4 has a protective role in cognitive development as well as weight-for-height in children with heavy burdens of diarrhea in early childhood (64/123; 52%), despite being a marker for cognitive decline with Alzheimer’s and cardiovascular diseases later in life. APOE2 frequency was higher among children with heaviest diarrhea burdens during the first 2 years of life, as detected by PCR using the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Apolipoprotein E; Malnutrition; Diarrhea; Children. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2010000300005 |
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