Influence of hypoalbuminemia or hyperalbuminemia on the serum anion gap

Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 317-320

  Feldman, Mark ^a   Soni, Nilam ^a   Dickson, Beverly ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACID-BASE IMBALANCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 28244453641     PISSN: 00222143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lab.2005.07.008     Document Type: Article

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