Effects of Low-Protein, and Supplemented Very Low–Protein Diets, on Muscle Protein Turnover in Patients With CKD

Effects of Low-Protein, and Supplemented Very Low–Protein Diets, on Muscle Protein Turnover in Patients With CKD

Introduction: Early studies have shown that patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are able to maintain nitrogen balance despite significantly lower protein intake, but how and to what extent muscle protein metabolism adapts to a low-protein diet (LPD) or to a supplemented very LPD (sVLPD) is st...

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Main Authors: Giacomo Garibotto, Antonella Sofia, Emanuele Luigi Parodi, Francesca Ansaldo, Alice Bonanni, Daniela Picciotto, Alessio Signori, Monica Vettore, Paolo Tessari, Daniela Verzola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-05-01
Series:Kidney International Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S246802491830010X

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