Effect of a low-protein diet on urinary albumin excretion in uremic patients.
Fifteen patients with advanced renal failure (creatinine clearance less than 25 ml/mn) and with severe albuminuria (greater than 1.5 g/24 h) were put on a low-protein (0.3 g/kg body weight), low-phosphorus (5-7 mg/kg body weight) diet supplemented with essential amino acids and ketoanalogues. During the 6-month follow-up, urinary albumin excretion and fractional renal albumin clearance were reduced significantly while serum albumin concentration increased; no nutritional change occurred during the study.
Aparicio
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Services des Maladies Médicales des Reins-Transplantation Rénale, Hôpital Pellegrin-Tripode, Bordeaux, France.
Bouchet
J L
JL
Gin
H
H
Potaux
L
L
Morel
D
D
de Precigout
V
V
Lifermann
F
F
Gonzalez
R
R
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000419:Albuminuria; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014511:Uremia / Q000652:urine*
D004044:Dietary Proteins