Very low-protein diet to postpone renal failure: Pathophysiology and clinical applications in chronic kidney disease

The uremic syndrome is a metabolic disorder characterized by the impairment of renal handling of several solutes, the resulting accumulation of toxic products and the activation of some adaptive but detrimental mechanisms which all together contribute to the progression of renal damage. In moderate...

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Main Authors: Vincenzo Bellizzi, Patrizia Calella, Juan Jesus Carrero, Denis Fouque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2018-03-01
Series:Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095882X18300021