Albumin Synthesis

Abstract

Health and Disease (Table 2)Cirrhosis of the Liver^{113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123} This disease is one of the most complex disorders to afflict man and it is becoming one of the most prevalent of the chronic disorders. For years the serum albumin level has been considered to be a reliable index of the functional status of the liver. In the early 1940's Patek and Post clearly showed that, in patients without ascites, a serum albumin level below 2 g per 100 ml was a bad prognostic sign, suggesting that impaired synthesis was the cause of this lowered albumin level. Yet, in patients with . . .