Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 30-38 , January 2009

Do Low-Protein Diets Work in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients?

  • Denis Fouque, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Denis Fouque, MD, PhD, Department of Nephrology, Hôpital Edouard HERRIOT, INSERM U870-University, Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69437 Lyon Cedex 03, France
    • ,
  • Fitsum Guebre-Egziabher, MD

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doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2008.10.005

Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 30-38 , January 2009

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