Vegetarian diet: Relevance in renal disease

Nephrology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 397-405

  Segasothy, Murugasu ^a,b   Bennett, William M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Chronic renal failure; Hyperlipidaemia; Nephrotic syndrome; Protein dietary; Proteinuria; Renal haemodynamic response; Vegetarian diet

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPID; MINERAL; TRACE ELEMENT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY DISEASE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; SOYBEAN; VEGETARIAN DIET;

EID: 0030828678     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.1997.tb00262.x     Document Type: Review

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