Assessment of myeloperoxidase enzyme inactivity in children with kwashiorkor

ABSTRACT

The present study was carried out on 20 normal children and 20 children with kwashiorkor [11 males and 9 females], their ages ranged from 5-24 months. All cases and controls were subjected to estimation of myeloperoxidase enzyme content of polymorphonuclear leucocytes, serum iron, mean corpuscular haemoglobin, total serum protein and serum albumin. Significant decrease in myeloperoxidase content of polymorphonuclear leucocytes of children with kwashiorkor was found. Significant correlations between serum proteins, serum albumin, serum iron, mean corpuscular haemoglobin and myeloperoxidase enzyme content of polymorphonuclear leucocytes were found