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What does prealbumin blood test results tell a doctor about a patient?

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Dr. Soroosh Armandi answered

Specializes in Anti-Aging Medicine

Transthyretin: The new name is transthyretin. In short, due to its short half life, it can guide a doc as to the nutritional status of a patient more accurately than albumin. However, it has many other roles in the body and but most docs use it to determine nutritional status!

Answered 8/18/2013

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Nutrition: It tells how malnourished you are.

Answered 7/5/2012

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