Cachexia and Wasting : A Modern Approach

Cachexia and Wasting : A Modern Approach

Author
A Modern Approach
Publication Year
2006
Publisher
Springer
Language
English
Document Type
Book
Faculty / Subject Heading
Medical Science

Aim of the volume is to provide the best available evidence on the pathogenesis, clinical features and therapeutic approach of cachexia, and to facilitate the understanding of the complex yet unequivocal clinical role of this syndrome, that truly represents a disease, or, better still, a disease within other different diseases.


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