Clinical usefulness of psoas muscle thickness for the diagnosis of sarcopenia in patients with liver cirrhosis

BACKGROUND/AIMS: The most widely used method for diagnosing sarcopenia is the skeletal muscle index (SMI). Several studies have suggested that psoas muscle thickness per height (PMTH) is also effective for detecting sarcopenia and predicting prognosis in patients with cirrhosis. The aim of this stud...

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Autores principales: Gu, Dae Hoe, Kim, Moon Young, Seo, Yeon Seok, Kim, Sang Gyune, Lee, Han Ah, Kim, Tae Hyung, Jung, Young Kul, Kandemir, Altay, Kim, Ji Hoon, An, Hyunggin, Yim, Hyung Joon, Yeon, Jong Eun, Byun, Kwan Soo, Um, Soon Ho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6166111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29706058
http://dx.doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2017.0077

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6166111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29706058
http://dx.doi.org/10.3350/cmh.2017.0077

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