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Angiotensin II receptor blockade is associated with preserved muscle strength in chronic hemodialysis patients

BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia, defined as low muscle mass and strength, is highly prevalent in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis (HD). However, muscle function and muscle mass do not share the same clinical relevance. In fact, muscle strength was more closely associated with the risk of mortality in...

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Autores principales: Lin, Yu-Li, Chen, Shu-Yuan, Lai, Yu-Hsien, Wang, Chih-Hsien, Kuo, Chiu-Huang, Liou, Hung-Hsiang, Hsu, Bang-Gee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6376758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30764799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-019-1223-3