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Hypoxia and muscle maintenance regulation: implications for chronic respiratory disease.
Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care - 1 Nov 2011
de Theije Chiel, Costes Frédéric, Langen Ramon C, Pison Christophe, Gosker Harry R
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Muscle wasting and impaired muscle oxidative metabolism are common extrapulmonary features of chronic respiratory failure (CRF) that significantly increase disease burden. This review aims to address the question whether hypoxia, an obvious consequence of this disease, actually...
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