Bioelectrical impedance, cancer nutritional assessment, and ascites.

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The Harry R. Horvitz Center for Palliative Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.

Published: July 2000

This report describes our experience in the use of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) as a method of nutritional assessment in a cancer patient with ascites. The BIA was an unreliable measure of body composition in this setting.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s005209900104DOI Listing

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