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Muscle mass depletion in chronic liver diseases: An accelerated model of aging or a distinct entity?
Nicolas Lanthier1, Peter Stärkel1, Géraldine Dahlqvist2
1Service d'Hépato-gastroentérologie, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium; Laboratory of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Abstract:
Sarcopenia was initially defined as loss of muscle mass, strength and function related to aging. This phenomenon is a multifactorial process. The evaluation of the geriatric population in which sarcopenia has extensively been studied opens the field for other chronic diseases. Cirrhosis is one of them and the term "sarcopenia" is now also used in this pathological situation. It must be emphasized that the pathophysiology of sarcopenia in cirrhosis is likely different from the pathogenesis in geriatric patients. Furthermore, cirrhosis has heterogeneous causes. Therefore, we need a better understanding of the changes in muscle physiology specifically in chronic liver diseases as well as easy, accurate, reproducible and validated tools, taking into consideration etiology specific aspects to identify sarcopenia in every cirrhotic patient.
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