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Echo intensity of the rectus femoris in stable COPD patients

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate whether echo intensity of the rectus femoris when measured using ultrasound can distinguish muscles affected by COPD compared with healthy non-COPD affected muscles and whether the severity of ultrasonic abnormalities was associated with health-rel...

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Autores principales: Ye, Xiong, Wang, Mingjie, Xiao, Hui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5648322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29075109
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S143645