PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | malnutrition |
| Phenotype | C0021053|immune dysfunction |
| Sentences | 2 |
| PubMedID- 25392710 | Background: protein energy malnutrition is commonly associated with immune dysfunctions and is a major factor in susceptibility to infectious diseases. |
| PubMedID- 22078415 | Beck [11] proposed that the mechanism for increased viral pathogenicity is based on the interplay between malnutrition leading to immune dysfunction, and direct oxidative damage of viral genes resulting in increased mutation rate. |
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