Hypoalbuminemia is related to inflammation rather than malnutrition in sarcoidosis

Eur J Intern Med. 2018 Jul:53:e14-e16. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2018.04.016. Epub 2018 Apr 24.

Authors

Mehdi Mirsaeidi¹, Hesham R Omar², Nadera Sweiss³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, FL, USA. Electronic address: msm249@med.miami.edu.
² Internal Medicine Department, Mercy Medical Center, Clinton, IA, USA.
³ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.

PMID: 29703691
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2018.04.016

No abstract available

Keywords: Albumin; Inflammation; Malnutrition; Sarcoidosis.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Chicago
Female
Humans
Hypoalbuminemia / blood*
Inflammation / physiopathology*
Male
Malnutrition / physiopathology
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Sarcoidosis / blood
Sarcoidosis / physiopathology*
Serum Albumin

Substances

Serum Albumin