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Cancer Cachexia: Its Mechanism and Clinical Significance

The term “cachexia” is derived from the Greek words kakos (bad) and hexis (habit). Cachexia is a malnutrition associated with chronic diseases such as cancer, chronic heart failure, chronic renal failure, and autoimmune diseases, and is characterized by decreased skeletal muscle mass. Cancer cachexi...

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Autores principales: Nishikawa, Hiroki, Goto, Masahiro, Fukunishi, Shinya, Asai, Akira, Nishiguchi, Shuhei, Higuchi, Kazuhide
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8395185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34445197
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22168491