Alterations in the muscle-to-capillary interface in patients with different degrees of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BACKGROUND: It is hypothesized that decreased capillarization of limb skeletal muscle is implicated in the decreased exercise tolerance in COPD patients. We have recently demonstrated decreased number of capillaries per muscle fibre (CAF) but no changes in CAF in relation to fibre area (CAFA), which...

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Autores principales: Eliason, Gabriella, Abdel-Halim, Samy M, Piehl-Aulin, Karin, Kadi, Fawzi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2912824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20633289
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-97

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2912824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20633289
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-97

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