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Why cachexia kills: examining the causality of poor outcomes in wasting conditions
Weight loss is the hallmark of any progressive acute or chronic disease state. In its extreme form of significant lean body mass (including skeletal muscle) and fat loss, it is referred to as cachexia. It has been known for millennia that muscle and fat wasting leads to poor outcomes including death...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer-Verlag
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3684705/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23749718 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13539-013-0111-0 |