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A new method for quantitative assessment of hand muscle volume and fat in magnetic resonance images

BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by systemic inflammation and bone and muscle loss. Recent research showed that obesity facilitates inflammation, but it is unknown if obesity also increases the risk or severity of RA. Further research requires an accurate quantification of musc...

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Autores principales: Friedberger, Andreas, Figueiredo, Camille, Bäuerle, Tobias, Schett, Georg, Engelke, Klaus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7754591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33349274
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41927-020-00170-3