The value of different CT‐based methods for diagnosing low muscle mass and predicting mortality in patients with cirrhosis

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Low muscle mass impacts on morbidity and mortality in cirrhosis. The skeletal‐muscle index (SMI) is a well‐validated tool to diagnose muscle wasting, but requires specialized radiologic software and expertise. Thus, we compared different Computed tomography (CT)‐based evaluati...

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Autores principales: Paternostro, Rafael, Lampichler, Katharina, Bardach, Constanze, Asenbaum, Ulrika, Landler, Clara, Bauer, David, Mandorfer, Mattias, Schwarzer, Remy, Trauner, Michael, Reiberger, Thomas, Ferlitsch, Arnulf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
Materias:
Cirrhosis, Liver Failure and Transplantation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6899596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31421002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/liv.14217

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6899596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31421002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/liv.14217

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