Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	16060
Country	Greece

Received	2014-12-24 09:29
Peer-Review Started	2014-12-25 10:25
To Make the First Decision	2015-03-10 20:19
Return for Revision	2015-03-13 09:09
Revised	2015-03-26 22:16
Second Decision	2015-04-21 12:16
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief	2015-04-23 22:30
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2015-05-07 15:44
Articles in Press	2015-05-07 15:44
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Publish the Manuscript Online	2015-06-29 16:33

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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Editorial
Article Title	Impact of muscle wasting on survival in patients with liver cirrhosis
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Maria Kalafateli, Christos Konstantakis, Konstantinos Thomopoulos and Christos Triantos
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Christos Triantos, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Patras, Stamatopoulou 4, Rio, 26504 Patras, Greece. chtriantos@hotmail.com
Key Words	Cirrhosis; Sarcopenia; Malnutrition; Survival; Muscle wasting
Core Tip	Malnutrition is a common feature of cirrhosis and its detrimental impact on the survival of these patients has been early recognized. Malnutrition is not synonymous to muscle wasting but there is a great overlap between them with malnutrition to be significantly associated with muscle depletion. Muscle wasting assessed by using the computed tomography cross-sectional area of skeletal muscles at the level of the third lumbar vertebra has been found to be independently associated with mortality. The hypothesis that nutritional interventions and exercise aiming to correct muscle depletion could possibly improve the survival of patients with cirrhosis needs to be further investigated.
Publish Date	2015-06-29 16:33
Citation	Kalafateli M, Konstantakis C, Thomopoulos K, Triantos C. Impact of muscle wasting on survival in patients with liver cirrhosis. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(24): 7357-7361
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i24/7357.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i24.7357

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