kwashiorkor
MONDO:0006826Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names kwashiorkor yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A syndrome produced by severe protein deficiency, characterized by retarded growth, changes in skin and hair pigment, edema, and pathologic changes in the liver, including fatty infiltration, necrosis, and fibrosis. The word is a local name in Gold Coast, Africa, meaning 'displaced child'. Although first reported from Africa, kwashiorkor is now known throughout the world, but mainly in the tropics and subtropics. It is considered to be related to marasmus. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006826), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: kwashiorkor
- Also called
- nutritional edema with dyspigmentation of skin and/or hairnutritional oedema with dyspigmentation of skin and hair