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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Published in:Diagnostics (Basel)
Main Authors: Berardi, Emanuele, Madaro, Luca, Lozanoska-Ochser, Biliana, Adamo, Sergio, Thorrez, Lieven, Bouche, Marina, Coletti, Dario
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: MDPI 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7828214/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33445790
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11010116
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