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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
serum see blood . ... Read more
serum sickness
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...protein. The condition is named for the serum taken from horses or other animals immunized...disease, e.g., tetanus or diphtheria. Such serum, which contains antibodies against the...However, the antibodies from the animal serum are also foreign proteins that can act... Read more
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A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition serum Clear liquid left after the protein has been clotted; the serum from milk, occasionally referred to as lacto‐serum, is whey. Blood serum is blood plasma without the fibrinogen. When blood clots, the fibrinogen... Read more

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Understanding and interpreting serum protein electrophoresis.
Magazine article from: American Family Physician; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; Serum serum protein electrophoresis is a laboratory examination that commonly is used...multiple myeloma and other disorders of protein. Many subspecialists include serum protein electrophoresis screening in the initial evaluation for numerous clinical... Read more
Serum insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I concentrations are reduced by short-term dietary restriction and restored by refeeding in domestic cats (Felis catus)
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-I Concentrations Are Reduced by Short-Term Dietary Restriction...binding proteins (IGFBP) is well established. The effect of nutritional restriction on the serum IGF/IGFBP system of adult cats was investigated to evaluate serum IGF-I as a biochemical marker of ... Read more
Serum concentrations of retinol, (alpha)-tocopherol and the carotenoids are influenced by diet, race and obesity in a sample of healthy adolescents
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 8/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; Serum Concentrations of Retinol, alpha-Tocopherol and the Carotenoids...distribution in human tissues. Our objective was to examine serum concentrations of these nutrients and compounds in a sample...between diet measured with a food frequency questionnaire and serum nutrient concentrations among these ... Read more
Significance of serum amylase levels after pancreatic injury.(Tips from Other Journals)
Magazine article from: American Family Physician; 1/15/1998; ; 612 words ; Although serum amylase levels are used in the diagnosis...determination might have an influence on serum amylase levels. Takishima and associates evaluated the significance and limitations of serum amylase levels in the diagnosis of blunt... Read more
Low serum vitamin B-12 concentrations are associated with faster human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) disease progression
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 2/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; Low Serum Vitamin B-12 Concentrations Are Associated...cohort study to examine associations between serum concentrations of vitamin B-6, vitamin B...HIV-1)-seropositive at study entry and had serum available in the serum repository from their... Read more
Increased serum cholesterol in healthy human methane producers is confounded by age
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 8/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; Increased Serum Cholesterol in Healthy Human Methane Producers Is...blood lipids may differ in MP and MNP. To compare serum lipids and SCFA in fasting MP and MNP, we measured breath gases, serum lipids and SCFA in 167 healthy subjects and excluded... Read more
Nutrition assessment of serum and hepatic vitamin A levels in patients with cirrhosis
Magazine article from: JPEN, Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ABSTRACT. Background: Serum vitamin A (retinol) levels may not correlate...thus, supplementation of vitamin A based on serum levels may have a detrimental effect. Our aim was to determine whether serum levels correlate with hepatic stores in cirrhotic... Read more
Fasting increases serum total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and apolipoprotein B in healthy, nonobese humans
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 11/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; Fasting Increases Serum Total Cholesterol, LDL Cholesterol and Apolipoprotein...been published on the effects of food deprivation on serum lipids. To study the effect of acute starvation on serum lipids, 10 nonobese (93-124% of ideal body weight... Read more
HUMAN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD SERUM PROMOTES GROWTH, PROLIFERATION, AS WELL AS DIFFERENTIATION OF HUMAN BONE MARROW-DERIVED PROGENITOR CELLS
Magazine article from: In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; SUMMARY Fetal calf serum (FCS) is conventionally used for animal cell cultures...With this view, we studied the effect of FCS, human AB serum (ABS), and human umbilical cord blood serum (UCBS) on murine islets of Langerhans and human bone marrow-deriv... Read more
Elevated serum methylmalonic acid concentrations are common among elderly Americans
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ABSTRACT To describe serum methylmalonic acid (MMA) concentrations of elderly Americans and examine relationships between serum MMA and other factors, we used surplus serum samples collected from elderly (n = 1145) and young-adult... Read more

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