 Blood Urea Nitrogen
"Blood Urea Nitrogen" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The urea concentration of the blood stated in terms of nitrogen content. Serum (plasma) urea nitrogen is approximately 12% higher than blood urea nitrogen concentration because of the greater protein content of red blood cells. Increases in blood or serum urea nitrogen are referred to as azotemia and may have prerenal, renal, or postrenal causes. (From Saunders Dictionary & Encyclopedia of Laboratory Medicine and Technology, 1984)
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D001806
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E01.370.225.124.100.115 E01.370.390.400.100 E05.200.124.100.115
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| 1990 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Blood Urea Nitrogen" by people in Profiles.
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Steinberg FM, Murray MJ, Lewis RD, Cramer MA, Amato P, Young RL, Barnes S, Konzelmann KL, Fischer JG, Ellis KJ, Shypailo RJ, Fraley JK, Smith EO, Wong WW. Clinical outcomes of a 2-y soy isoflavone supplementation in menopausal women. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Feb; 93(2):356-67.
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Lee DJ, DeFrank RS, Rose RM. Anomie, alcohol abuse and alcohol consumption: a prospective-analysis. J Stud Alcohol. 1990 Sep; 51(5):415-21.
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Albanese AA, Lorenze EJ, Orto LA, Wein EH, Zavattaro DN, De Carlo R. Nutritional and metabolic effects of some newer steroids. VI. Serum ribonuclease. N Y State J Med. 1972 Jun 15; 72(12):1595-600.
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Adams HR, Smookler HH, Clarke DE, Jandhyala BS, Dixit BN, Ertel RJ, Buckley JP. Clinicopathologic effects of chronic reserpine administration in mongrel dogs. J Pharm Sci. 1971 Aug; 60(8):1134-8.
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