European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 8 , Pages 587-591 , December 2008

Prevalence and significance of hypoalbuminemia in an internal medicine department

  • Filippo Numeroso

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  • Angela L. Barilli

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  • Roberto Delsignore

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Received 14 January 2007 ,Revised 16 April 2007 ,Accepted 23 April 2007.

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☆ F. Numeroso was responsible for the study design, data collection and analysis, and manuscript writing, with contributions from all others authors. A.L. Barilli was the trial statistician. The paper has been read and approved by all authors and every author contributed to the drafting and reviewing of the paper.

PII: S0953-6205(08)00072-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.04.029

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 8 , Pages 587-591 , December 2008

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