Impact of sarcopenia on prognostic value of cirrhosis: going beyond the hepatic venous pressure gradient and MELD score

BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia has been reported as a prognostic factor. We evaluated the impact of sarcopenia to the conventional prognostic factors [Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score, Child–Turcotte–Pugh (CTP) score, hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG)] in cirrhosis. METHODS: Overall, 452...

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Autores principales: Kang, Seong Hee, Jeong, Woo Kyoung, Baik, Soon Koo, Cha, Seung Hwan, Kim, Moon Young
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6204582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30371017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12333

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6204582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30371017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12333

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