Does malnutrition affect survival in cirrhosis?

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1041-1046

  Merli, Manuela ^a,b   Riggio, Oliviero ^a   Dally, Leonard ^a   Capocaccia, Livio ^c   Lionetti, Raffaella ^c   De Luca, Massimo ^d   Guardascione, Maria Anna ^d   Surrenti, Massimo ^e   Marra, Fabio ^e   Gentilini, Palo ^e   Nardone, Gerardo ^f   Budillon, Gabriele ^f   Loguercio, Carmela ^f   Del Vecchio Blanco, Camillo ^f   Coltorti, Mario ^f   Guglielmi, Wilfredo ^g   Francavilla, Antonio ^g   Sandri, Giovanni ^h   Di Pietralata, Mario Mazzetti ^h   Lolli, Rossella ⁱ   Marchesini, Giulio ⁱ   Fava, Angela ^j   Spadaro, Aido ^j   Paese, Pietro ^k   Belmonte, Angelo ^k   Graziani, Maria Giovanna ^l   Luminari, Marino ^l   Accorsi, Lorena ^m   Boccia, Sergio ^m   Colella, Franco ⁿ   Tamaro, Gabriella ^o   Toigo, Gabriele ^o   Pedretti, Giovanni ^p   Fiaccadori, Franco ^p   Capocaccia, Riccardo ^a   more..

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^h S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^k Ospedale di Cosenza   (Italy)

^l SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^m Arciospedale S Anna   (Italy)

ⁿ Ospedale Figlie di San Camillo   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; MUSCLE MASS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0001492590     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v23.pm0008621131     Document Type: Article

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