Nutritional assessment in patients with cirrhosis

CONTEXT: Malnutrition in cirrhotic patients with end-stage disease is common, and the degree of nutritional debilitation can play an important role in the pathogenesis of complications and cause a negative impact on prognosis. However, it involves difficulties and controversies regarding the identif...

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Main Authors: Sabrina Alves Fernandes, Lilian Bassani, Flávia Feijó Nunes, Maria Eugênia Deutrich Aydos, Alexandro Vaesken Alves, Cláudio Augusto Marroni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2012-03-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032012000100005&lng=en&tlng=en