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The prognostic significance of weight loss in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‐related cachexia: a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Cachexia is an important extra‐pulmonary manifestation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presenting as unintentional weight loss and altered body composition. Previous studies have focused on the relative importance of body composition compared with body mass rather than th...

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Autores principales: Kwan, Hoi Yee, Maddocks, Matthew, Nolan, Claire M., Jones, Sarah E., Patel, Suhani, Barker, Ruth E., Kon, Samantha S.C., Polkey, Michael I., Cullinan, Paul, Man, William D.‐C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6903442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31207189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12463