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Elevated Serum AA/EPA Ratio as a Predictor of Skeletal Muscle Depletion in Cachexic Patients with Advanced Gastro-intestinal Cancers

MOEKO KITAGAWA, SEIJI HAJI and TERUYOSHI AMAGAI
In Vivo September 2017, 31 (5) 1003-1009;
MOEKO KITAGAWA
1Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, School of Environmental Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Nishinomiya, Japan
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SEIJI HAJI
2Department of General Surgery, Takatsuki Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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TERUYOSHI AMAGAI
1Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, School of Environmental Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Nishinomiya, Japan
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vol. 31 no. 5 1003-1009
PMID 
28882973

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International Institute of Anticancer Research
Print ISSN 
0258-851X
Online ISSN 
1791-7549
History 
  • Received March 29, 2017
  • Revision received June 10, 2017
  • Accepted June 12, 2017
  • Published online September 7, 2017.

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Copyright © 2017 The Author(s). Published by the International Institute of Anticancer Research.

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  1. MOEKO KITAGAWA1,
  2. SEIJI HAJI2 and
  3. TERUYOSHI AMAGAI1⇑
  1. 1Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, School of Environmental Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Nishinomiya, Japan
  2. 2Department of General Surgery, Takatsuki Hospital, Osaka, Japan
  1. Correspondence to: Teruyoshi Amagai, MD, Ph.D., Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, School of Environmental Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Osaka, Japan. Tel/Fax: +81 798459855, e-mail: amagait{at}nutrped.com
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