title: The product albumin by alpha-globulin in the assessment of protein nutritional status.
abstract: The product albumin by alpha-globulins (A X alpha) was determined in the serum of two hundred preschool children with protein-calorie malnutrition grouped according to clinical-anthropometric categories, and the results were compared with those obtained in a group of one hundred well-nourished children of the same age range. Though values obtained in malnourished children showed significant differences from those obtained in the controls, this parameter does not allow a biochemical distinction among the four groups studied.
mesh_terms: D000510:Alpha-Globulins; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007732:Kwashiorkor / Q000175:diagnosis; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D012709:Serum Albumin
chemical_list: D000510:Alpha-Globulins; D012709:Serum Albumin