Determinants of Serum Albumin Concentration Analyzed in a Large Cohort of Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

Journal of Renal Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-74

  Thijssen, Stephan ^a   Wystrychowski, Grzegorz ^a   Usvyat, Len ^a   Kotanko, Peter ^a   Levin, Nathan W ^a  

^a RENAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 33845776620     PISSN: 10512276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jrn.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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