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Oedema in kwashiorkor is caused by hypoalbuminaemia

It has been argued that the oedema of kwashiorkor is not caused by hypoalbuminaemia because the oedema disappears with dietary treatment before the plasma albumin concentration rises. Reanalysis of this evidence and a review of the literature demonstrates that this was a mistaken conclusion and that...

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Autor principal: G. Coulthard, Malcolm
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Maney Publishing 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4462841/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25223408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/2046905514Y.0000000154