Some factors regulating albumin catabolism and synthesis
Hypoalbuminaemia is an essential accompaniment of protein malnutrition. Yet the level of plasma albumin is usually regarded as a relatively crude reflection of a patient's nutritional status, reduction occurring only after prolonged or severe inadequacy of dietary protein. Brock recognized that...
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26675 |