Analbuminemia

The Analbuminämie refers to a rare form of anemia (usually as hypoalbuminemia ), in which the albumin proteins are missing in the blood plasma altogether.

Causes and symptoms

Analbumin anemia is a hereditary , autosomal recessive inherited dysproteinemia . The patients show transport disorders for various hormones , enzymes and calcium and only a slight tendency to edema .

consequences

The reduction in albumin is largely compensated for by an increase in globulins , a reduction in pressure in the capillaries and via renal mechanisms.

literature

• Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Urban & Schwarzenberg (Ed.): Roche Lexicon Medicine. 5th edition, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-437-15157-6 .

Web links

• B. Gössi, D. Kleinert, U. Gössi: Another case of analbuminemia. In: Switzerland Med Wochenschr. 2000; 130, pp. 583-589.

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