Correlation between serum transferrin level and prognosis in patients receiving total parenteral nutrition

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 392-397

  Kung, Sung Pao ^a   Lui, Wing Yiu ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Prognosis; Total parenteral nutrition; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; BILIRUBIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; PROGNOSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0036701942     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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