NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND BODY COMPOSITION IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENTS: RELEVANCE OF BIOIMPEDANCEMETRY (BCM®) FOR LONGITUDINAL MONITORING
The protein-energy wasting is common in patients with renal failure including patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) and is closely linked to an increased risk of morbi- mortality. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relevance of bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) to assess longitudinal body co...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Korean Society of Nephrology
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Kidney Research and Clinical Practice |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211913212006663 |