Nutritional assessment of patients with neuromuscular diseases

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 182-185

  Pessolano, Fernando Augusto ^a   Súarez, Adrián Alejandro ^a   Monteiro, Sergio Gabriel ^a   Mesa, Lilia ^b   Dubrovsky, Alberto ^b   Roncoroni, Aquiles Juan ^a   De Vito, Eduardo Luis ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS ALFREDO LANARI   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL FRANCÉS   (Argentina)

^c Combatientes de Malvinas 3150 ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Neuromuscular Diseases; Nutritional Assessment

Indexed keywords

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NUTRITION; OILS AND FATS;

SCLEROSIS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 0037369906     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-200303000-00005     Document Type: Article

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