The relation of fibrosis stage with nutritional deficiencies and bioelectrical impedance analysis of body composition in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Background. Nutritional deficiencies may aggravate the course of chronic hepatitis C (CHC). Our aim has been to perform a comprehensive analysis of body composition and nutritional deficiencies in CHC patients in non-cirrhotic and compensated cirrhotic stages to correlate the detected deficiencies w...

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Main Authors: Beatriz Mateos-Muñoz, Angélica Larrad-Sáinz, María J. Torrejón, María J. Devesa-Medina, María P. Matía-Martín, María C. Cárdenas, Avelina Suárez, Luis Ortega-Medina, Enrique Rey-Díaz-Rubio, José M. Ladero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-07-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119311378