Protein Information

Name prealbumin
Synonyms ATTR; HsT2651; PALB; Prealbumin; TBPA; TTR; Transthyretin; Transthyretin precursor…

Compound Information

Name MAMA
CAS ammonium hydrogen methylarsonate

Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
9149358 Shiga C, Ohi R, Chiba T, Nio M, Endo N, Mito S, Hino M: Assessment of nutritional status of postoperative patients with biliary atresia. Tohoku J Exp Med. 1997 Jan;181(1):217-23.

The authors conclude that the evaluation of MAMA and prealbumin were very useful to characterize the low metabolic status of protein in the damaged liver.
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9428458 Kaizu Y, Kimura M, Yoneyama T, Miyaji K, Hibi I, Kumagai H: Interleukin-6 may mediate malnutrition in chronic hemodialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis. 1998 Jan;31(1):93-100.

The nutritional status of each patient was evaluated by measuring body mass index (BMI), body weight loss for 3 years, midarm muscle area (MAMA), serum albumin, prealbumin, and insulin-like growth factor-1.
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