Aflatoxins in liver biopsies from Sudanese children.

Abstract	Aflatoxin analysis of 40 percutaneous needle liver biopsies in 27 children with protein-energy malnutrition and 13 children with miscellaneous liver disease in The Sudan is reported. Aflatoxins B1, B2 and aflatoxicol were detected in 5 of the 16 biopsies from kwashiorkor but in none of 11 biopsies from marasmus or marasmic kwashiorkor. Aflatoxins G1, G2 and M2 were detected in 5 of 12 children with chronic liver disease. A very high concentration of aflatoxicol was found in a breast-fed infant with neonatal hepatitis of unknown etiology.
Authors	J B Coulter, G I Suliman, S M Lamplugh, B I Mukhtar, R G Hendrickse
Journal	The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (Am J Trop Med Hyg) Vol. 35 Issue 2 Pg. 360-5 (Mar 1986) ISSN: 0002-9637 [Print] United States
PMID	3082233 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References	Aflatoxins aflatoxicol aflatoxin B2 Aflatoxin B1
Topics	Aflatoxin B1 Aflatoxins (analysis) Breast Feeding Child, Preschool Female Humans Infant Kwashiorkor (metabolism) Liver (analysis) Protein-Energy Malnutrition (metabolism) Sudan

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