Assessment of the relative dose-response test based on serum retinol-binding protein instead of serum retinol in determining low hepatic vitamin A stores

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 217-224

  Fujita, Masako ^a   Brindle, Eleanor ^b   Rocha, Anita ^b   Shell Duncan, Bettina ^b   Ndemwa, Philip ^c   O'Connor, Kathleen A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL PALMITATE; PLASMA RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; KENYA; LACTATION; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE DOSE RESPONSE TEST; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCREENING TEST; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM; BLOOD; DOSE RESPONSE; INFANT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; LACTATION; LIVER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS, PLASMA; ROC CURVE; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 67649873254     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27569     Document Type: Article

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