COVID-19: a major cause of cachexia and sarcopenia?

J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2020 Aug;11(4):863-865. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12589. Epub 2020 Jun 9.

Authors

John E Morley¹, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh², Stefan D Anker³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
² Division of Nephrology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
³ Department of Cardiology (CVK), and Berlin Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research Partner Site Berlin, Charité Universitätsmedizin,, Berlin, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Cachexia; Coronavirus; Sarcopenia.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Animals
COVID-19
Cachexia / etiology
Cachexia / virology*
Coronavirus Infections / complications*
Coronavirus Infections / therapy
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy
Sarcopenia / virology