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Computed tomography-based body composition profile as a screening tool for geriatric frailty detection

OBJECTIVE: To assess prevalence of CT imaging-derived sarcopenia, osteoporosis, and visceral obesity in clinically frail and prefrail patients and determine their association with the diagnosis of frailty. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was constructed using our institution’s pelv...

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Autores principales: Laur, Olga, Weaver, Michael J., Bridge, Christopher, Chow, Erika, Rosenthal, Michael, Bay, Camden, Javedan, Houman, Harris, Mitchel B., Khurana, Bharti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8642750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34862921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00256-021-03951-0