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Causes of hypoalbuminemia

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Clinical Aspects of Albumin

Abstract

Quantitative changes in serum albumin concentration represent an important indicator of the presence of disease or its progression or improvement. The significance of serum albumin estimations is limited to varying degrees of hypoalbuminemia, since, with the exception of cases of acute dehydration, hyperalbuminemia does not occur.

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  1. J. H. M. Van Tongeren
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  3. C. B. H. Lamers
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  1. St. Radboud Hospital, University of Nijmegen and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA

    S. H. Yap

  2. St. Radboud Hospital, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands

    C. L. H. Majoor  & J. H. M. van Tongeren  & 

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Van Tongeren, J.H.M., Cluysenaer, O.J.J., Lamers, C.B.H., De Mulder, P.H.M., Yap, S.H. (1978). Causes of hypoalbuminemia. In: Yap, S.H., Majoor, C.L.H., van Tongeren, J.H.M. (eds) Clinical Aspects of Albumin. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9744-8_8

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