Critical appraisal of the role of serum albumin in cardiovascular disease

Abstract Concentration of serum albumin (SA), a multifunctional circulatory protein, is influenced by several factors, including its synthesis rate, catabolism rate, extravascular distribution, and exogenous loss. Moreover, both nutritional status and systemic inflammation affect the synthesis of SA...

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Main Authors: Shih-Chieh Chien, Chun-Yen Chen, Chao-Feng Lin, Hung-I Yeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Biomarker Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40364-017-0111-x