Electrophoretic Studies of Serum Protein Patterns in Newborn Indian Infants

The Relation of Oedema to Serum Protein and Pseudocholinesterase Levels in the Malnourished Infant

“…The greatest reduction in the globulin of both groups was in the ao2 and ( fractions (30-39 % below 'normal'). The findings of Kulkarni et al (1960) in India were very similar, but ao2 globulin was less affected. Hellyer and Went (1960) in a mixed series of 14 malnourished Jamaican infants found that the greatest rise of globulin during recovery was in the ( fraction.…”

“…There are now detailed reports of the serum protein pattern in malnourished infants from many parts of the world, but few of them deal specifically with this relation (Anderson and Altmann, 1951;Edozien, 1960;Hellyer and Went, 1960;MacDonald, 1960;Potgieter, Smythe and Kench, 1960;Kulkarni, Satoskar and Chitre, 1960). It is indeed difficult to do so, for clinical oedema is not readily quantitated, and an excess of total body water is common to all types of infantile malnutrition with or without detectable oedema (Schnieden, Hendrickse and Haigh, 1958;Smith, 1960).…”

Maternal Milk and Serum Vitamin B12, Folic Acid, and Protein Levels in Indian Subjects

“…The subjects studied belonged to a low socioeconomic group. Previous studies on serum protein pattern in such mothers have revealed significantly low serum proteins and albumin, as compared to mothers belonging to high socioeconomic status from the same population (Kulkarni et al, 1959). However, there is no striking difference in milk protein values between the poor Indian mothers and those reported from the other parts of the world (Macy, 1949;Macy and Kelly, 1964;Kon and Mawson, 1950;Gunther and Stanier, 1951;Escudero and Pierangeli, 1952;Peters, 1952;Walker, Arvidsson, and Draper, 1954;Mayer, 1963).…”

“…Previous studies in Indian mothers have shown that nutritional status can affect the birthweights of their infants; and the incidence of prematurity was high among the infants born to mothers of low socio-economic status (Kulkarni et al, 1959). In countries like India, where prolonged breast-feeding is practised, it is necessary to know the adequacy of breast milk as a sole nutritional item.…”

Psychiatry: The Epidemiology of Mental Subnormality

“…Kulkarni et al (46) found a prema turity rate of 31 per cent in a lower economic group in Bombay, in contrast to a rate of 9 per cent in an economically more favored group. Rider et al (47) in this country showed that prematurity rates vary with social status; in the white upper economic fifth they are 5.0 per cent, in the white lower 7.6, and in the nonwhite 11.4.…”