Sarcopenia in Cirrhosis: Looking Beyond the Skeletal Muscle Loss to See the Systemic Disease

Sarcopenia is a common complication of cirrhosis and is defined as a progressive and generalized loss of skeletal muscle mass, strength, and function. Sarcopenia is associated with poor prognosis and increased mortality. How sarcopenia and muscle wasting relate to such poor outcomes requires looking...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) Md.), 2019-12, Vol.70 (6), p.2193-2203
Hauptverfasser:	Bhanji, Rahima A., Montano‐Loza, Aldo J., Watt, Kymberly D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cirrhosis Hepatology Liver cirrhosis Musculoskeletal system Sarcopenia Skeletal muscle Systemic diseases
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