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Body composition predicts mortality and decompensation in compensated cirrhosis patients: A prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Body composition, particularly sarcopenia, is associated with mortality in patients with decompensated cirrhosis undergoing transplant evaluation. Similar data are limited for non-transplant eligible or compensated patients. METHODS: A total of 274 patients with cirrhosis were...

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Autores principales: Tapper, Elliot B., Zhang, Peng, Garg, Rohan, Nault, Tori, Leary, Kate, Krishnamurthy, Venkat, Su, Grace L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7005567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32039402
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2019.11.005