Article
Analbuminemia (a quantitative albumin variant).
La Ricerca in clinica e in laboratorio - 1 Jan 2000
Dammacco F, Miglietta A, Bonomo L
Abstract excerpt
Serum albumin accounts for over 50% of total serum protein and contributes to a significant extent to homeostasis through such crucial functionas as colloid osmotic pressure, transport, and nutrition. Analbuminemia was first described in 1954, but only 13 additional cases have since been reported. A further case, a 30-year-old Italian women, has been recently detected by the authors. Contrary to expectations, the...
Topics
- Asthenia
- Edema
- Electrophoresis
- Female
- Humans
- Hypotension
- Immunodiffusion
- Phenotype
- Serum Albumin
- Syndrome