Serum prealbumin and albumin concentrations do not reflect nutritional state in children with cerebral palsy

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 695-697

  Lark, Robert K ^a   Williams, Cherise L ^b   Stadler, Diane ^b   Simpson, Sean L ^b   Henderson, Richard C ^b   Samson Fang, Lisa ^b   Worley, Gordon ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FAT; PREALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREALBUMIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 27744545853     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.05.029     Document Type: Article

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