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#Liver disease can also cause hypoproteinemia by decreasing synthesis of plasma proteins like albumin.
#Renal disease like [[nephrotic syndrome]] can also result in hypoproteinemia because plasma proteins are lost in the urine.
#Sepsis (whole body infection) – [[macrophages]] activated in the liver and spleen secrete [[Tumor necrosis factor alpha|TNF-alpha]] into the bloodstream resulting in hypoproteinemia.
==Pathophysiology==
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