Relation of serum retinol to acute phase proteins and malarial morbidity in Papua New Guinea children

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1582-1588

  Rosales, Francisco J ^a   Topping, James D ^b   Smith, John E ^b   Shankar, Anu H ^b   Ross, A Catharine ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Albumin, 1 antichymotrypsin; C reactive protein; Children; Haptoglobin; Hyporetinemia; Multiple linear regression; Papua New Guinea; Plasmodium falciparum; Retinol binding protein; Serum retinol; Transthyretin; 1 Acid glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0034130110     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/71.6.1582     Document Type: Article

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