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Nutritional treatment in chronic kidney disease: the concept of nephroprotection

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Low-protein diets have been advocated for many decades as the cornerstone in the treatment of chronic kidney disease. Initially, the low intake of protein was used to reduce uremic symptoms; thereafter, albeit controversial, evidences suggested that dietary protein restriction can also slow the rate of progression of renal failure and the time until end-stage renal disease. This reviews focuses on the dietary factors and their influence on the loss of renal function and on the evidences in the literature supporting a nephroprotective role of the low-protein diet.

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    Eleonora Riccio, Antonella Di Nuzzi & Antonio Pisani

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Riccio, E., Di Nuzzi, A. & Pisani, A. Nutritional treatment in chronic kidney disease: the concept of nephroprotection. Clin Exp Nephrol 19, 161–167 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10157-014-1041-7

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