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The use of prealbumin as a predictor of malnutrition in cirrhotic patients and the effect of nutritional support in patients with low prealbumin levels

BACKGROUND/AIM: Malnutrition is an important and commonly seen prognostic factor in patients with cirrhosis. The diagnosis of malnutrition in cirrhosis patients may be challenging, and an easily measured and widely usable marker is lacking. Prealbumin, however, is an easily measured marker. In the c...

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Autores principales: DAĞ, Zuhal, KÖSEOĞLU, Hüseyin, KEKİLLİ, Murat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7164752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32093441
http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/sag-1910-27