Psoas muscle area is not representative of total skeletal muscle area in the assessment of sarcopenia in ovarian cancer

BACKGROUND: Computed tomography measurements of total skeletal muscle area can detect changes and predict overall survival (OS) in patients with advanced ovarian cancer. This study investigates whether assessment of psoas muscle area reflects total muscle area and can be used to assess sarcopenia in...

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Autores principales: Rutten, Iris J.G., Ubachs, Jorne, Kruitwagen, Roy F.P.M., Beets‐Tan, Regina G.H., Olde Damink, Steven W.M., Van Gorp, Toon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Original Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5566632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28513088
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12180

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5566632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28513088
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12180

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