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Very low calorie ketogenic weight reduction diet in patients with cirrhosis: a case series
Weight reduction may be necessary in patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) before liver transplantation. Although very low calorie diets (VLCDs) are a highly effective weight loss strategy, they risk inducing protein-calorie malnutrition, sarcopenia and hepatic encephalopathy in ESLD patients...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3841440/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24247485 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nutd.2013.36 |