Sodium handling is associated with liver function impairment and renin-aldosterone axis activity in patients with preascitic cirrhosis without hyponatremia

BACKGROUND: In cirrhotic patients awaiting liver transplantation, serum sodium concentration is related to prognosis. However, abnormalities in sodium homeostasis are evident even in the early preascitic stage of cirrhosis. We aimed to investigate whether parameters of renal sodium handling (serum s...

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Autores principales: Tzamouranis, Dimitris, Alexopoulou, Alexandra, Dourakis, Spyros P., Stergiou, George S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24713869

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