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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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BioMed Central
2010
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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 |