Sarcopenia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A study of prevalence and associated factors in Western Greek population

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with a progressive loss of muscle mass and function and a systemic inflammatory process that can cause sarcopenia. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence rate of sarcopenia in COPD patients and to de...

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Autores principales: Tsekoura, Maria, Tsepis, Elias, Billis, Evdokia, Gliatis, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7879857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33154208
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_143_20

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7879857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33154208
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_143_20

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