Advantages and disadvantages for current diagnostic approaches which is determining the basal metabolic rate and energy expenditure in clinical practice].

This article is devoted to the new method for the determination of basal metabolism using 13C-bicarbonate breath test compared to the method of Harris-Benedict in healthy and patients with impaired thyroid function. The problems of diagnostic information content, features and advantages of the clinical application of 13C-bicarbonate breath test compared to the method of Harris-Benedict.

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R N Khaĭrnasov. Advantages and disadvantages for current diagnostic approaches which is determining the basal metabolic rate and energy expenditure in clinical practice]. Likars'ka sprava / Ministerstvo okhorony zdorov'ia Ukraïny. 2011 Jul-Sep(5-6):90-4

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