Effect of a diet with unrestricted sodium on ascites in patients with hepatic cirrhosis

Gut and Liver

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 355-361

  Gu, Xi Bing ^a   Yang, Xiao Juan ^a   Zhu, Hong Ying ^a   Xu, Bo Yu ^b  

^a Wuxi Hospital for Infectious Diseases   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Albumin; Ascites; Liver cirrhosis; Renal circulation; Sodium unrestricted diet

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; FUROSEMIDE; SILYMARIN; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HIGH SODIUM INTAKE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION;

EID: 84865443782     PISSN: 19762283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2012.6.3.355     Document Type: Article

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