Computed tomography-derived area and density of pectoralis muscle associated disease severity and longitudinal changes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a case control study

BACKGROUND: Muscle wasting is associated with prognosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The cross-sectional area of skeletal muscles on computed tomography (CT) could serve as a method to evaluate body composition. The present study aimed to determine the ability of CT...

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Autores principales: Bak, So Hyeon, Kwon, Sung Ok, Han, Seon-Sook, Kim, Woo Jin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6805427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31638996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-019-1191-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6805427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31638996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-019-1191-y

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