A low molar ratio of retinol binding protein to transthyretin indicates vitamin a deficiency during inflammation: Studies in rats and a posteriori analysis of vitamin A-supplemented children with measles

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1681-1687

  Rosales, Francisco J ^a   Ross, A Catharine ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; C reactive protein; Humans; Hyporetinemia; Rats; Vitamin A supplementation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PREALBUMIN; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0031662646     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.10.1681     Document Type: Article

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