The Presence of Myosteatosis Is Associated with Age, Severity of Liver Disease and Poor Outcome and May Represent a Prodromal Phase of Sarcopenia in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Background/Aims: Myosteatosis implies impaired muscle quality. The aim of the study was to investigate the association of myosteatosis with other muscle abnormalities and its role in the prognosis of liver cirrhosis (LC). Method: Skeletal muscle index (SMI) and myosteatosis were measured by computed...

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Autores principales: Geladari, Eleni, Alexopoulos, Theodoros, Kontogianni, Meropi D., Vasilieva, Larisa, Mani, Iliana, Tenta, Roxane, Sevastianos, Vasilios, Vlachogiannakos, Ioannis, Alexopoulou, Alexandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10179726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37176772
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12093332

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