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SUBMITTER: Wessells KR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7008314 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wessells K Ryan KR Hinnouho Guy-Marino GM Barffour Maxwell A MA Arnold Charles D CD Kounnavong Sengchanh S Kewcharoenwong Chidchamai C Lertmemongkolchai Ganjana G Schuster Gertrud U GU Stephensen Charles B CB Hess Sonja Y SY
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20200201 2
Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) may be ameliorated by zinc supplementation. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of different forms of zinc supplementation on biomarkers of EED (i.e., plasma citrulline, kynurenine, and tryptophan concentrations and the kynurenine:tryptophan [KT] ratio) among young Laotian children. In a double-blind randomized controlled trial, 3,407 children aged 6-23 months were randomized into one of four groups: daily preventive zinc dispersible ...[more]