The Relationships of Serum Prealbumin Levels With Parameters That Indicate Severity of Disease and Emphysema Pattern in Patients With Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Objective: Malnutrition, which is a complication frequently observed in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and negatively affects prognosis, has become a parameter that must be monitored. Even though various methods are applied to assess malnutrition, biochemical parameters, especially ser...

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Main Authors: Hayrettin Gocmen, Dane Ediger, Esra Uzaslan, Selim Doganay, Nevin Ay Guney, Ercument Ege
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AVES 2010-12-01
Series:Eurasian Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.eajm.org/text.php3?id=356