kwashiorkor

form of severe protein malnutrition characterized by edema and an enlarged liver with fatty infiltrates
MedicalCondition class_of_disease Q213151
kwashiorkor
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kwashiorkor

Summary

kwashiorkor is a class of disease[1]. kwashiorkor draws 817 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_disease category, ranking #224 of 1,968).[2]

Key Facts

  • kwashiorkor is credited with the discovery of Cicely Williams[3].
  • kwashiorkor's image is recorded as Kwashiorkor 6180.jpg[4].
  • kwashiorkor's image is recorded as Starved girl.jpg[5].
  • kwashiorkor's instance of is recorded as class of disease[6].
  • kwashiorkor's GND ID is recorded as 4654271-1[7].
  • kwashiorkor's subclass of is recorded as protein-energy malnutrition[8].
  • kwashiorkor's subclass of is recorded as disease[9].
  • kwashiorkor's subclass of is recorded as dystrophy[10].
  • kwashiorkor's subclass of is recorded as protein deficiency[11].
  • kwashiorkor's Commons category is recorded as Kwashiorkor[12].
  • kwashiorkor's pronunciation audio is recorded as De-Kwashiorkor.ogg[13].
  • kwashiorkor's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D007732[14].
  • kwashiorkor's ICD-9 ID is recorded as 260[15].
  • kwashiorkor's ICD-10 ID is recorded as E40[16].
  • kwashiorkor's DiseasesDB is recorded as 7211[17].
  • kwashiorkor's MedlinePlus ID is recorded as 001604[18].
  • kwashiorkor's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04bhy[19].
  • kwashiorkor's MeSH tree code is recorded as C18.654.521.719.500[20].
  • kwashiorkor's Disease Ontology ID is recorded as DOID:13579[21].
  • kwashiorkor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kwashiorkor[22].
  • kwashiorkor's Commons gallery is recorded as Kwashiorkor[23].
  • kwashiorkor's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 616.396[24].
  • kwashiorkor's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1191001[25].
  • kwashiorkor's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0118630[26].
  • kwashiorkor's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/kwashiorkor[27].

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Works and Contributions

kwashiorkor is credited with the discovery of Cicely Williams[3].

Why It Matters

kwashiorkor draws 817 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_disease category, ranking #224 of 1,968).[2] kwashiorkor has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] kwashiorkor is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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