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Prevalence of protein-energy undernutrition evaluated by the measurement of triceps skinfold thickness and mid-arm muscle circumference of 103 adults with cirrhosis of the liver hospitalized in the department of hepatology and gastroenterology of the Lomé Campus University Hospital (Togo) Volume 24, issue 2, Avril-Mai-Juin 2014

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Authors
1 École supérieure des techniques biologiques et alimentaires (ESTBA), Université de Lomé, CHU Campus, unité de biochimie, BP 7544 Lomé, Togo
2 Service d’hépato-gastro-entérologie, CHU Campus, Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo
3 Département de biochimie nutrition, faculté des sciences, Lomé, Togo
* Correspondance

Conclusion

Our results confirm the need to pay additional attention to the protein-energy nutritional status of inpatients in this department, by adding reliable tools, such as the TST and MAMC, to the biochemistry analysis to characterize undernutrition.