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Clinical and electrophysiological findings show that, in spite of conventional conservative and regular dialysis treatment, uremic neuropathy persists and progresses [1] until after kidney transplant normality has been reached. However, papers referring to this topic do not generally give details of the diet, which is vaguely referred as a low-protein diet. No conclusions can thus be drawn on the real role of such a treatment on the progression of uremic neuropathy.
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Cappelli, P., Di Paolo, B., Albertazzi, A. (1989). Effects of Nutritional Treatment on the Course of Uremic Neuropathy. In: Giovannetti, S. (eds) Nutritional Treatment of Chronic Renal Failure. Topics in Renal Medicine, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1583-4_28
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