ENDOCRINE DISTURBANCES AND THEIR DIETETIC BACKGROUND IN UNDERNOURISHED IN MEXICO
Authors: S ZUBIRAN, F GOMEZ-MONT, J LAGUNA
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 June 1955ENDOCRINE DISTURBANCES AND THEIR DIETETIC BACKGROUND IN UNDERNOURISHED IN MEXICOSALVADOR ZUBIRÁN, F.A.C.P., FRANCISCO GÓMEZ-MONT, F.A.C.P., JOSÉ LAGUNASALVADOR ZUBIRÁN, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, FRANCISCO GÓMEZ-MONT, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, JOSÉ LAGUNASearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-6-1259 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutrición in Mexico we have observed a large number of patients with chronic malnutrition. Clinical manifestations are generalized, although occasionally there is a more striking involvement of a particular organ or system.1As we have reported previously, there are alterations in the endocrine function which manifest themselves by a clinical picture similar to that seen in panhypopituitarism.2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10Our findings are similar to other experimental or clinical descriptions.11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20According to our concept, this picture results primarily from...Bibliography1. Zubiran S: Principales manifestaciones clínicas de la desnutrición en nuestro medio, Rev. invest. clín. 6: 157, 1954. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. AlvizouriGomez Mont MF: Alteraciones anatómicas testiculares en enfermos muertos con hepatopatías crónicas, Rev. invest. clín. 2: 41, 1950. Google Scholar3. Gomez MontRivadeneyraEchave FJM: Alteraciones testiculares en enfermos con hepatopatías crónicas, Memorias del Congreso Científico Mexicano 8: 393, 1951. Google Scholar4. 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