Flag sign in the hair of a child recovering from malnutrition
Flag sign in the hair of a child recovering from malnutrition
The flag sign in the hair of a child recovering from Kwashiorkor. The picture was made at INCAP in Guatemala and used as a clinical standard for examiners in international nutrition surveys.
Reproduced from: Interdepartmental Committee on Nutrition for National Defense (1963). Manual for Nutrition Surveys 2nd ed. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service, NIH, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC 1963.