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Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Skeletal Muscle Volume and Strength in Patients with Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis Undergoing Branched Chain Amino Acids Supplementation: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Pilot Trial.

Tomomi OkuboMasanori AtsukawaAkihito TsubotaHiroki OnoTadamichi KawanoYuji YoshidaTaeang AraiKorenobu HayamaNorio ItokawaChisa KondoKeiko KanekoKatsuhiko Iwakiri
Published in: Nutrients (2021)
Vitamin D supplementation might be an effective and safe treatment option for patients with decompensated cirrhosis to increase or restore the skeletal muscle volume and strength or prevent the muscle volume and strength losses.
Keyphrases
  • skeletal muscle
  • heart failure
  • insulin resistance
  • amino acid
  • type diabetes
  • liver failure
  • metabolic syndrome
  • replacement therapy