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The effect of acute illness on leucocyte and plasma ascorbic acid levels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

W. J. MacLennan  and
Judith C. Hamilton
W. J. MacLennan
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO9 4XY
Judith C. Hamilton
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO9 4XY
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Abstract

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1. Serial estimations of plasma (PAA) and leucocyte (LAA) ascorbic acid concentrations were made in geriatric patients in a stable phase of their illness, and compared with a similar (‘unstable’) group suffering from acute illness.

2. In the ‘unstable’ group, though PAA levels were unchanged, LAA levels were reduced.

3. In the ‘follow-up’ period of 7-8 d there was much greater variation in both PAA and LAA levels in the ‘unstable’ group.

4. Acute illness was often accompanied by an increase and then a decrease in LAA levels. Recovery was associated with an increase in LAA levels.

Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , September 1977 , pp. 217 - 223
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1977

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