Serum transferrin and serum prealbumin as markers of response to nutritional support in patients with esophageal cancer

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-242

  Guerra, L T ^a,b   Rosa, A R ^b   Romani, R F ^a   Gurski, R R ^b   Schirmer, C C ^b   Kruel, C D P ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN; TRANSFERRIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER PATIENT; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN INTAKE; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; TUBE FEEDING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREALBUMIN; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 64849098692     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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