Phase angle as a nutritional evaluation tool in all stages of chronic liver disease Ángulo de fase como una herramienta para evaluar el estado nutricional en todas las etapas de la enfermedad hepática crónica

Introduction: Malnutrition is commonly and frequently under-diagnosed in clinical settings in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) due to the limitations of nutritional evaluation methods in this population. We hypothesized that the bioelectrical impedance analysis derived phase angle (BIA-deri...

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Main Authors: W. A. F. Peres, D. F. Lento, K. Baluz, A. Ramalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arán Ediciones, S. L. 2012-12-01
Series:Nutrición Hospitalaria
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0212-16112012000600037