Analbuminaemia

Analbuminaemia or analbuminemia is a genetically inherited metabolic defect characterised by an impaired synthesis of serum albumin.[1] Despite the fact that albumin is the most common serum protein, analbuminaemia is a benign condition.

References

  1. ^ Watkins S, Madison J, Galliano M, Minchiotti L, Putnam FW (1994). "Analbuminemia: three cases resulting from different point mutations in the albumin gene". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91 (20): 9417–21. doi:10.1073/pnas.91.20.9417. PMC 44823. PMID 7937781. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=44823.