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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"prealbumin"”.
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The Impact of Prealbumin on Postoperative Length of Stay in Elderly Orthopedic Patients.
… of this research was to evaluate whether serum prealbumin levels would serve as a predictor of hospital length of stay for elderly orthopedic patients who underwent hip replacement surgery. The study consisted of a set of 54 patients admitted to a hospital in Bristol, Tennessee. Patients with …
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Evaluation of nutritional needs in total parenteral nutrition based on non-protein calories versus total calories
… group). Nitrogen balance, respiratory quotient, prealbumin, blood glucose, and triglycerides were measured. Insufficient data were collected to support or dispute the superiority.
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The laboratory assessment of thyroid function with special reference to the importance of thyroid abnormality in psychiatric disease
… binding globulin (TBG) and thyroxine binding prealbumin (TBPA) assays. For comparison, both the Wickham Survey (Tunbridge et al.,1977) and data obtained from general medical and surgical patients, were used as reference. The analytical study revealed that TBG measurement offered no advantage …
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Functional and Molecular Aspects of Xenobiotic Transport in Choroid Plexus
… differentiated. Expression of marker protein prealbumin was demonstrated in isolated CP epithelial cells (CPEC) using RT-PCR, immunostaining and Western blot analyses. Alkaline phosphatase and -glutamyl transferase were quantified and cerebrospinal fluid secretion was measured. In addition, …
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The role of transthyretin in Alzheimer disease pathology
This document only includes an excerpt of the corresponding thesis or dissertation. To request a digital scan of the full text, please contact the Ruth Lilly Medical Library's Interlibrary Loan Department (rlmlill@iu.edu).
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Diet and lifestyle interventions to improve co-morbid conditions of chronic kidney disease
… protein homeostasis, increase serum albumin and prealbumin levels, and have anabolic effects on skeletal muscle. However, the effect of intradialytic protein on functional disease outcomes in this population is not known. Similarly, numerous studies have demonstrated that intradialytic exercise …
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Transthyretin expression in cultured and native human retinal pigment epithelium
This document only includes an excerpt of the corresponding thesis or dissertation. To request a digital scan of the full text, please contact the Ruth Lilly Medical Library's Interlibrary Loan Department (rlmlill@iu.edu).
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Association between oral health, dietary intake, saliva and nutritional status
… that total protein, albumin, glucose, iron, prealbumin, ferritin and total antioxidant status (TAS) may be potential salivary biomarkers of nutritional status and/or dietary intake (Chapter 2). Total protein, albumin, glucose and iron were explored in saliva samples collected from four …