Skeletal Muscle Damage in COVID-19: A Call for Action
Both laboratory investigations and body composition quantification measures (e.g., computed tomography, CT) portray muscle loss in symptomatic Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. Muscle loss is associated with a poor prognosis of the disease. The exact mechanism of muscle damage in COVID-1...
Main Authors: | Amira Mohammed Ali, Hiroshi Kunugi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-04-01
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Series: | Medicina |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/57/4/372 |
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