Low-protein diets for chronic kidney disease patients: The Italian experience

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Bellizzi, Vincenzo ^a   Cupisti, Adamasco ^b   Locatelli, Francesco ^c   Bolasco, Piergiorgio ^d   Brunori, Giuliano ^e   Cancarini, Giovanni ^f   Caria, Stefania ^d   De Nicola, Luca ^g   Di Iorio, Biagio R ^h   Di Micco, Lucia ^h   Fiaccadori, Enrico ⁱ   Garibotto, Giacomo ^j   Mandreoli, Marcora ^k   Minutolo, Roberto ^g   Oldrizzi, Lamberto ^l   Piccoli, Giorgina B ^m,n   Quintaliani, Giuseppe ^o   Santoro, Domenico ^p   Torraca, Serena ^a   Viola, Battista F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO E RUGGI D ARAGONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Territorial Department of Nephrology and Dialysis   (Italy)

^e SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^g SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^h Landolfi Hospital   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^k Ospedale S Maria della Scaletta   (Italy)

^l Section of Vascular Surgery   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

ⁿ CENTRE HOSPITALIER DU MANS   (France)

^o SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHATE INTAKE; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RISK REDUCTION; SODIUM INTAKE; ADAPTATION; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPLICATION; DIABETIC COMPLICATION; DIET THERAPY; ITALY; METABOLISM; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

AMINO ACID;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACIDS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; ITALY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHORUS, DIETARY; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 84979695567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12882-016-0280-0     Document Type: Article

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