Cardiac cachexia in sub-Saharan Africa

Cachexia is a public health challenge around the Globe but data on prevalence rates in developing countries are very scarce. In sub-Saharan Africa wasting syndrome is mainly related to malaria, HIV infections, tuberculosis and end-stage heart disease and always associated with high-mortality and dis...

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Main Authors: Antonio Grimaldi, Annalisa De Concilio, Luca Marsero, Maxwell Odida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-11-01
Series:Indian Heart Journal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019483217301888

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