Changes in Serum Albumin, Transferrin and Amino Acid Indices during the First Month of Life in Small-for-Date Infants
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
- Vol. 28 (2), 70-76
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000176785
Abstract
Total serum proteins, albumin, albumin/globulin ratio, and plasma-free amino acids have been determined in 12 small-for-date infants and in 14 normal infants at birth, at 1 week and at 1 month after birth. All infants were fed ad libitum with an adapted infant formula providing 1.9 g protein and 74 kcal/100 ml. Total serum proteins and albumin but not transferrin were low at birth in small-for-date infants, reaching normal values after 1 week of feeding. Serum globulins were low from birth to 1 week in small-for-date infants but they were normal after 1 month. Values for classical amino acid malnutrition indices suggest a state of protein-energy malnutrition which disappeared after 1 week of feeding.Keywords
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