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Anabolic resistance contributes to skeletal muscle atrophy with aging and during critical illness.
Practitioners should consider anabolic resistance when developing interventions for muscle preservation in aging and critical care.
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Anabolic resistance is responsible, in part, for skeletal muscle atrophy with aging, muscle disuse, and during disease states.
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Defining anabolic resistance: implications for delivery of clinical care nutrition
Robert W. Morton et al. · Current Opinion in Critical Care · 2018
DOI 10.1097/mcc.0000000000000488
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