Clinical usefulness of psoas muscle thickness for the diagnosis of sarcopenia in patients with liver cirrhosis

Clinical usefulness of psoas muscle thickness for the diagnosis of sarcopenia in patients with liver cirrhosis

Background/Aims The most widely used method for diagnosing sarcopenia is the skeletal muscle index (SMI). Several studies have suggested that psoas muscle thickness per height (PMTH) is also effective for detecting sarcopenia and predicting prognosis in patients with cirrhosis. The aim of this study...

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Main Authors: Dae Hoe Gu, Moon Young Kim, Yeon Seok Seo, Sang Gyune Kim, Han Ah Lee, Tae Hyung Kim, Young Kul Jung, Altay Kandemir, Ji Hoon Kim, Hyunggin An, Hyung Joon Yim, Jong Eun Yeon, Kwan Soo Byun, Soon Ho Um
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Association for the Study of the Liver 2018-09-01
Series:Clinical and Molecular Hepatology
Subjects:
Sarcopenia
Cirrhosis
Prognosis
Psoas muscle
Online Access:http://e-cmh.org/upload/pdf/cmh-2017-0077.pdf

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