CT- and MRI-Based Assessment of Body Composition and Pancreatic Fibrosis Reveals High Incidence of Clinically Significant Metabolic Changes That Affect the Quality of Life and Treatment Outcomes of Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer

Background and Objectives: Both chronic pancreatitis (CP) and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) may lead to cachexia, sarcopenia, and osteoporosis due to different mechanisms. Neither patient gender, age, nor body weight are good predictors of these metabolic changes having a significant negat...

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Autores principales: Bieliuniene, Edita, Brøndum Frøkjær, Jens, Pockevicius, Alius, Kemesiene, Jurate, Lukosevicius, Saulius, Basevicius, Algidas, Atstupenaite, Vaida, Barauskas, Giedrius, Ignatavicius, Povilas, Gulbinas, Antanas, Dambrauskas, Zilvinas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6843405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31569661
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina55100649

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