The cause of fluid retention in kwashiorkor is unknown. Of various possible factors, one of the few for which there is positive evidence is hypo-proteinaemia (Trowell, 1944). Its importance in oedema formation in this condition has been ques-tioned on the grounds that the level of serum protein or albumin in the individual case may fail to correlate with the degree of clinical oedema
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R. D. Montgomery (1963) studied this question.
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