Sentences with phrase «called kwashiorkor»

There was a disease of malnutrition, called kwashiorkor, that was assumed to be caused by protein deficiency — famously discovered by Dr. Cicely Williams, who spent the latter part of her life debunking the very condition that she first described.

Faecal transplants reveal how gut bacteria have an important role to play in the onset and treatment of a form of malnutrition called kwashiorkor