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Preferred term

Prealbumin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Proalbumin
  • Transthyretin

Note

  • /biosyn /drug eff /physiol permitted

Scope note

  • A tetrameric protein, molecular weight between 50,000 and 70,000, consisting of 4 equal chains, and migrating on electrophoresis in 3 fractions more mobile than serum albumin. Its concentration ranges from 7 to 33 per cent in the serum, but levels decrease in liver disease.

History note

  • 84(75); was see under SERUM ALBUMIN 1975-83

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011228

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