Sarcopenic obesity and myosteatosis are associated with higher mortality in patients with cirrhosis

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Obesity is frequently associated with cirrhosis, and cirrhotic patients may develop simultaneous loss of skeletal muscle and gain of adipose tissue, culminating in the condition of sarcopenic obesity. Additionally, muscle depletion is characterized by both a reduction in muscle...

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Pubblicato in:J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle
Autori principali: Montano‐Loza, Aldo J., Angulo, Paul, Meza‐Junco, Judith, Prado, Carla M. M., Sawyer, Michael B., Beaumont, Crystal, Esfandiari, Nina, Ma, Mang, Baracos, Vickie E.
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4864157/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27493866
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12039
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