title: The relationship between tissue loss and function: recent developments.
abstract: Recent workers in this field have confirmed the complex interrelationship between structure and function. It is clear that the manner in which physiological impairment develops relative to compositional change depends on the setting within which malnutrition arises.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Surgery, Auckland Hospital, New Zealand.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Vernon
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D001823:Body Composition; D004194:Disease; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D018529:Nutritional Support; D019282:Wasting Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D019382:Human Growth Hormone; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I