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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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Autores principales: Temmerman, J C, Friedman, A N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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