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Fatigue in Patients with Lung Cancer Is Related with Accelerated Tryptophan Breakdown

BACKGROUND: Patients with cancer often suffer from fatigue and decreased quality of life which might be related to the breakdown of essential amino acid tryptophan. METHODS: In 50 patients with lung cancer we examined fatigue and the deterioration of quality of life in patients using the Functional...

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Autores principales: Kurz, Katharina, Fiegl, Michael, Holzner, Bernhard, Giesinger, Johannes, Pircher, Marianna, Weiss, Guenter, Denz, Hubert A., Fuchs, Dietmar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22615854
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036956