FOOD INTAKE, NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY.

Journal: Arquivos de gastroenterologia
PMID: 30785518

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cerebral palsy may be associated with comorbidities such as undernutrition, impaired growth and gastrointestinal symptoms. Children with cerebral palsy exhibit eating problems due to the effect on the anatomical and functional structures involved in the eating function resulting in malnutrition.

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  • Deise Cristina Oliva Caramico-Favero
    Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Nutrição, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
  • Zelita Caldeira Ferreira Guedes
    Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
  • Mauro Batista de Morais
    Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Disciplina de Gastroenterologia Pediátrica, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

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