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Formula for the Cross-Sectional Area of the Muscles of the Third Lumbar Vertebra Level from the Twelfth Thoracic Vertebra Level Slice on Computed Tomography

The purpose of this study was to investigate a means by which to reflect muscle mass using chest computed tomography (CT). A cross-sectional study was conducted with patients aged ≥ 65 years having abdominal and chest CT scans. The formula to predict third lumbar vertebra (L3) cross-sectional area (...

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Autores principales: Ishida, Yuria, Maeda, Keisuke, Yamanaka, Yosuke, Matsuyama, Remi, Kato, Ryoko, Yamaguchi, Makoto, Nonogaki, Tomoyuki, Shimizu, Akio, Ueshima, Junko, Murotani, Kenta, Mori, Naoharu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7555041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32899577
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics5030047