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Morphology, metabolism, microcirculation, and strength of skeletal muscles in cancer-related cachexia

Marc-André Weber Department of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (dkfz), Heidelberg, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Holger Krakowski-Roosen National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
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Leif Schröder Department of Medical Physics in Radiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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Ralf Kinscherf Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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Martin Krix Department of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (dkfz), Heidelberg, Germany
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Annette Kopp-Schneider Department of Biostatistics, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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Marco Essig Department of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (dkfz), Heidelberg, Germany
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Peter Bachert Department of Medical Physics in Radiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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Hans-Ulrich Kauczor Department of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (dkfz), Heidelberg, Germany
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Wulf Hildebrandt Department of Immunochemistry, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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Pages 116-124 | Received 03 Dec 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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