Role of hypoalbuminemia and hypocholesterolemia as copredictors of mortality in acute renal failure

Kidney International

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1058-1063

  Obialo, Chamberlain I ^a   Okonofua, Eni C ^a   Nzerue, Magnus C ^a   Tayade, Arti S ^a   Riley, Louis J ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin; Cholesterol; End stage renal disease; Mortality prediction; Renal insufficiency; Risk factors for death

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032829511     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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