The soluble interleukin-2 receptor predicts mortality in older hospitalized men

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1362-1364

  Rosenthal, Amy J ^a,b   McMurtry, Cynthia T ^a,b   Sanders, Karen M ^a,b   Jacobs, Mary ^a,b   Thompson, David ^c   Adler, Robert A ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c John Tyler Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; PREALBUMIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER PATIENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOPEDICS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CENTER; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030694270     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb02937.x     Document Type: Article

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