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Skeletal muscle volume loss among liver cirrhosis patients receiving levocarnitine predicts poor prognosis
Sarcopenia has a negative impact on the prognosis of patients with liver cirrhosis (LC). We investigated the significance of skeletal muscle volume and its changes in LC patients taking levocarnitine (L-carnitine). We retrospectively analyzed 51 LC patients taking L-carnitine from December 2012 to M...
Autores principales: | Fujita, Masashi, Abe, Kazumichi, Hayashi, Manabu, Takahashi, Atsushi, Ohira, Hiromasa |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Health
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7360248/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32664122 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000021061 |
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