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Concurrent evolution of cancer cachexia and heart failure: bilateral effects exist

Cancer cachexia is defined as a multifactorial syndrome of involuntary weight loss characterized by an ongoing loss of skeletal muscle mass and progressive functional impairment. It is postulated that cardiac dysfunction/atrophy parallels skeletal muscle atrophy in cancer cachexia. Cardiotoxic chemo...

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Autores principales: Kazemi-Bajestani, Seyyed M. R., Becher, Harald, Fassbender, Konrad, Chu, Quincy, Baracos, Vickie E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4053562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24627226
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13539-014-0137-y