Diseases

Hypoalbuminemia

A condition in which albumin level in blood (SERUM ALBUMIN) is below the normal range. Hypoalbuminemia may be due to decreased hepatic albumin synthesis, increased albumin catabolism, altered albumin distribution, or albumin loss through the urine (ALBUMINURIA).

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Abstract

A condition in which albumin level in blood (SERUM ALBUMIN) is below the normal range. Hypoalbuminemia may be due to decreased hepatic albumin synthesis, increased albumin catabolism, altered albumin distribution, or albumin loss through the urine (ALBUMINURIA).

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2003

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Previous Indexing

  • Hypoproteinemia (1965-2002)
  • Serum Albumin (1965-2002)

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  1. C15.378w.147.607w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hypoalbuminemia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D034141. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D034141
  2. Hypoalbuminemia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoalbuminemia
  3. Hypoalbuminemia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1640780