MUSCLE WASTING AND CARDIAC MUSCLE DAMAGE IN CACHECTIC PATIENTS
Muscle wasting is a degeneration of the muscle tissue that can derive from several pathological situations, but most of the times is caused by a condition of cachexia in patients with cancer or other diseases. This degeneration results from a decrease in protein synthesis and an increase in prote...
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| Language: | English |
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Associazione Italiana Giovani Medici
2013-04-01
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| Series: | Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal |
| Online Access: | http://www.embj.org/images/ISSUE_2013/sangiorgi_21.pdf |