Is malnutrition overdiagnosed in older hospitalized patients? Association between the soluble interleukin-2 receptor and serum markers of malnutrition

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Rosenthal, Amy J ^a,b   Sanders, Karen M ^a,b   McMurtry, Cynthia T ^a,b   Jacobs, Mary A ^a,b   David Thompson, D ^c   Gheorghiu, David ^a   Little, Kathy L ^a   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; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; PREALBUMIN; TRANSFERRIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

EID: 0031896930     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/53A.2.M81     Document Type: Article

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