Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "Body composition"
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Concurrent muscle and bone deterioration in a murine model of cancer cachexia
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2013)Cachexia is defined as an excessive, involuntary loss of fat and lean tissue. We tested the validity of the Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) as a model of cancer cachexia and examined its effect on the two major lean tissue ... -
Effects of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) administration on body composition and cardiovascular risk factors in obese adolescent girls
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Obesity is associated with a relative deficiency of growth hormone, which is predictive of greater visceral fat and markers of cardiovascular risk. The study’s purpose was to use recombinant human growth hormone ...