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Premature aging in chronic kidney disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: similarities and differences.
Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care - 1 Nov 2015
Kooman Jeroen P, Shiels Paul G, Stenvinkel Peter
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: There is increasing clinical and pathophysiological evidence that a premature aging process is involved in the pathogenesis of systemic complications of many chronic organ diseases, which result in analogous phenotypes, including premature vascular aging, osteoporosis and muscle wasting. Novel developments from research into the aging process will, therefore, have relevance for understanding...
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