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Serum albumin.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Jan 2000
Rothschild M A, Oratz M, Schreiber S S
Abstract excerpt
The liver manufactures albumin at a massive rate and decreases production in times of environmental, nutritional, toxic and trauma stress. Osmotic pressure is a basic evolutionary regulatory factor, and hormonal control over albumin production has been demonstrated. Where and why new or old albumin is degraded are questions which have not been clarified, although the vascular endothelium may well be the...
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