Assessment of Prealbumin in Hemodialysis and Renal-Transplant Patients

Journal of Renal Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-51

  Chrysostomou, Stavroula ^a   Stathakis, Chalalambos ^b   Petrikkos, George ^a   Daikos, George ^a   Gompou, Athina ^b   Perrea, Despina ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72449196977     PISSN: 10512276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jrn.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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