The use of prealbumin concentration as a biomarker of nutritional status in treated phenylketonuric patients

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 207-211

  Rocha, Júlio César ^a   Almeida, Manuela Ferreira ^a   Carmona, Carla ^a   Cardoso, Maria Luís ^a   Borges, Nuno ^b   Soares, Isabel ^c   Salcedo, Graça ^c   Lima, Margarida Reis ^a   Azevedo, Isabel ^d   Van Spronsen, Francjan J ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Laboratório Endoclab   (Portugal)

^d University of Porto   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amino acid mixture; Natural protein; Nutritional status; Phenylketonuria; Prealbumin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PHENYLALANINE; PREALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PHENYLKETONURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77649286565     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000276641     Document Type: Article

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