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Josep M Argilés1, Vanessa Almendro, Sílvia Busquets, Francisco J López-Soriano.
Abstract
Cachexia is a complex syndrome. The main components of this pathological state are anorexia and metabolic abnormalities such as glucose intolerance, fat depletion, and muscle protein catabolism among others. The aim of the present article is to review the different therapeutic approaches that have been designed to fight and counteract muscle wasting in different pathological states such as cancer, AIDS and chronic heart failure.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15058312 DOI: 10.2174/1389450043490505
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Drug Targets ISSN: 1389-4501 Impact factor: 3.465