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Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Skeletal Muscle Volume and Strength in Patients with Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis Undergoing Branched Chain Amino Acids Supplementation: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Pilot Trial

Background: Sarcopenia worsens patient prognoses in chronic liver disease. This study aimed to elucidate the effects of vitamin D supplementation on skeletal muscle volume and strength in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. Methods: Thirty-three patients were entered into the study based on the c...

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Autores principales: Okubo, Tomomi, Atsukawa, Masanori, Tsubota, Akihito, Ono, Hiroki, Kawano, Tadamichi, Yoshida, Yuji, Arai, Taeang, Hayama, Korenobu, Itokawa, Norio, Kondo, Chisa, Kaneko, Keiko, Iwakiri, Katsuhiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8228227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34070910
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13061874