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Sigge Was a Happy, Chubby Infant

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Sigge was a happy, chubby infant.Then his mother died when he was 12 months old.Sigge's father was rejecting of Sigge.He was cold and impatient with Sigge's need for love and attention.Despite being offered nutritious foods to eat, Sigge began to lose weight, and by the time he was 18 months old Sigge was well behind his age-mates in physical growth and motor development.What would Sigge most likely be diagnosed with?


A) marasmus
B) kwashiorkor
C) deprivation dwarfism
D) nonorganic failure to thrive

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