Low levels of plasma proteins: Malnutrition or inflammation?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-96

  Johnson, Andrew Myron ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin; Inflammation; Malnutrition; Prealbumin; Protein; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

PLASMA PROTEIN; PREALBUMIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG THERAPY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; REVIEW; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032997640     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.1999.017     Document Type: Review

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