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A Pound of Flesh: What Cachexia Is and What It Is Not
Body weight loss, mostly due to the wasting of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue, is the hallmark of the so-called cachexia syndrome. Cachexia is associated with several acute and chronic disease states such as cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart and kidney failure, and acqu...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7828214/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33445790 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11010116 |