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Computed tomography-based psoas skeletal muscle area and radiodensity are poor sentinels for whole L3 skeletal muscle values()

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Computed tomography (CT)-based measurement of skeletal muscle cross-sectional area (CSA) and Hounsfield unit (HU) radiodensity are used to assess the presence of sarcopenia and myosteatosis, respectively. The validated CT-based technique involves analysis of skeletal muscle at t...

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Autores principales: Rollins, Katie E., Gopinath, Aravin, Awwad, Amir, Macdonald, Ian A., Lobo, Dileep N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7359407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31668722
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2019.10.003