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Elevated serum leptin levels are associated with low muscle strength and muscle quality in male patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis

OBJECTIVES: Low muscle strength and poor muscle quality are highly prevalent in patients with chronic hemodialysis (HD), which lead to an increased risk of poor clinical outcomes. Leptin dysregulation is common in HD patients. Given that leptin receptors are abundant in skeletal muscle, there may be...

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Autores principales: Hsu, Bang-Gee, Wang, Chih-Hsien, Lai, Yu-Hsien, Kuo, Chiu-Huang, Lin, Yu-Li
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7821828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33505882
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_20_20