RT Journal
A1 Giovannetti S, Balestri PL, Biagini M, Menichini GG, Rindi P
T1 IMplications of dietary therapy
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1970
FD November 1
VO 126
IS 5
SP 900
OP 905
DO 10.1001/archinte.1970.00310110170031
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1970.00310110170031
AB The effect of low protein diets on the production of waste metabolites in normal persons and on their blood levels in patients with renal failure is examined, and their possible role in producing uremic symptoms is considered on the basis of in vitro and in vivo studies in animals and man. These preliminary observations are used as a basis for an interpretation of the symptoms of uremia and of the mechanism of action of low nitrogen diets with high biological value protein. The possible side effects, the limitations, and the therapeutic possibilities of such treatment are discussed.