In COPD patients, body weight excess can mask lean tissue depletion: A simple method of estimation

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 273-278

  De Benedetto, F ^a   Del Ponte, A ^a   Marinari, S ^a   Spacone, A ^a  

^a Pneumology Dept   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance analysis; Body composition; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Protein wasting disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEASUREMENT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 0033777067     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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