Sarcopenia in Children With End‐Stage Liver Disease

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Authors

Eberhard Lurz · SickKids Foundation

Hiten D. Patel · Hospital for Sick Children

Richard G. Frimpong · Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Amanda Ricciuto · Hospital for Sick Children

Mohit Kehar · University of Toronto

Paul W. Wales · SickKids Foundation

Alexander J. Towbin

Abstract

In this retrospective pilot study, PMSA was significantly lower in children with ESLD compared with healthy age- and gender-matched controls. Because this finding was independent of growth in ESLD subjects, PMSA may represent a novel objective nutritional biomarker in children with advanced liver disease.

Topics & Keywords

Nutrition and Health in Aging Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology Liver Disease and Transplantation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volume 66, Issue 2, pp. 222-226

DOI: 10.1097/mpg.0000000000001792

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