Publications by authors named "Antonio Pedro Leite Lemos"
Prevalence of sarcopenia in kidney transplants and their association with determinant factors of muscle homeostasis.
Cleodice Alves Martins Ana Karina Teixeira da Cunha França Raimunda Sheyla Carneiro Dias Rayanna Cadilhe de Oliveira Costa Antônio Pedro Leite Lemos
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992)
September 2020
Introduction: Sarcopenia is characterized by the involuntary loss of lean body mass associated with a progressive reduction of muscle strength.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of sarcopenia in kidney transplant recipients and its association with the determining factors that control muscle homeostasis.
Methods: We evaluated renal transplant recipients undergoing follow-up at the University Hospital of the Federal University of Maranhão from June 2017 to July 2018 and who met the inclusion criteria.