Cigarette smoking associates with body weight and muscle mass of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional, observational study

INTRODUCTION: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with altered metabolism leading to muscle wasting. In the general population, cigarette smoking is known to affect body composition by reducing fat and inhibiting muscle synthesis. Even though smoking has been implicated in the pathophysiology an...

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Autores principales: Stavropoulos-Kalinoglou, Antonios, Metsios, Giorgos S, Panoulas, Vasileios F, Douglas, Karen MJ, Nevill, Alan M, Jamurtas, Athanasios Z, Kita, Marina, Koutedakis, Yiannis, Kitas, George D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2483449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18492239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar2429

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2483449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18492239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar2429

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